Vermont's Opener
#1
Vermont's Opener
Vermont archery season opener tomorrow. I plan to sit in a blind all day and hope to see a fat doe. My first time using both a popup blind and a crossbow. Normally I am up in a tree stand but having problems with my knee lately and at 72 don't feel quite as safe climbing trees anymore.
#5
Didn't see a thing and since the weather is so warm I decided to go fishing today. I took a buddy out for deep water perch and we got 190 pounds. Great day. Might go out for some crappie in the morning and sit in the blind tomorrow late afternoon.
#8
Got a decent doe yesterday with my new Tenpoint Viper S400 crossbow. First year hunting with a crossbow and out of a ground popup blind. Had a t-storm come through and I stayed nice and dry. Shortly after it cleared I got my deer. 30 yd double lung hit and complete pass through. Lungs were all mush after being hit with a rage hypodermic broad head..
#10
I know it is only easy when everything works out. I have shot many deer with bow but this is my first year not climbing into a tree stand and hunting with a compound. Having the crossbow does take some of the difficulty out of the equation. This year they changed the rules here in Vt and we are now a 1 buck only state. My goal was to harvest a doe for the freezer during bow and possibly adding a second with an additional tag which I bought. I have a ML antlerless tag which would allow me to harvest another doe during the ML season. Rifle season is 16 days and it is buck only. If I don't score I can take a buck during the later ML season. If I took a buck during bow season I wouldn't be able to rifle or ML hunt.