Strange season on a new property
My normal hunting spot got sold last fall so I found a new place this year. The good news is it adjoins to the property I formerly hunted so I know the area very well. I have never been considered a trophy hunter. My basic philosophy has been if I see a buck big enough to mount, I kill it. If it's not worth hanging I let it walk in case it makes it to next year or in case some young hunter is looking to kill anything, and I wait for doe's for meat. Honestly in this area I typically see 5-10 doe's for ever buck I ever see. This year my son and I are in a ground blind about 200 yards from where I have always hunted. So far this year I have seen nothing but bucks, but they have all been small. One was a half rack, a couple for pointers and a couple little basket racks. I'm hoping to get one within 100 yards so my son gets a shot. But I am also looking for a couple doe's for the freezer. If it gets a little later in the season and I haven't killed a doe yet I will take on of the small bucks for the meat but I have never had a year like this before. Every single day we have been out we have seen multiple bucks out moving and not a single doe.