Hey guys....I'm back in town. Had a good last week...

First, a week ago Friday evening I had a great bow encounter here at my house with a decent buck, finally. He followed a doe and crossed the creek right to me...20yds broadside. I had him stone dead, he just wasn't big enough. Probably 90" or so...7pt.

I headed to WV last Sat for our opening week of rifle annual tradition with the family. I saw quite a few bucks, and lots of does. My son got a nice 4pt on opening day (ironically 2.5 yr old aged by dnr) and my cousins son got his first deer, a nicer 4pt (aged 3.5). Both of them also killed does. I shot 2 does for meat, and one was with my daughter which was cool. This was her first time ever being on a hunt with a kill...she did great and had a blast. She just turned 9...now she thinks she wants to try and shoot one next year. We'll see. We killed 14 total...all does except those two bucks and 1 button. I saw about 15 bucks total, one being a shooter that I couldn't get on, and probably 3-4 that were 80-90" bucks. I did sneak up to a buck that was sleeping...it was cool. He was a really nice 6pt (no brows) probably 90"....it was his lucky day as I gave him a pass. It was fun to watch him sleep for 45 mins, him never knowing I was 60yds away. Overall it was a pretty good week despited crummy weather (a good bit of rain and fog). Now I have 4 deer in coolers on my front porch, so I'll be busy the next couple days. Here's a few pics. I got lucky on my doe....she fell out and the log stopped her roll. She could have gone another 50yds down the hill and then there is a 40ft cliff at the end of the slope. Woulda been real fun getting her out of there, LOL

I'll be back at it with the bow now mostly. Hoping to get on a decent one. Will do some late season gun and m/l hunting also.

Good luck guys

Mike