Getting excited!!!
 

Just got the game cam set up this week in one of my hunting areas and can't wait to see what's out there! That and they have opened an early doe season in Nebraska this year from Oct. 2 to Oct. 11th. I'm definitely excited to get out there and start hunting. Also this year my son will be hunting with me and I'm pretty stoked to have him get some deer also. If I have any nice bucks in the area I'll be sure to post pics!! Gotta say I love this time of year!! :)

Yea this is my favorite time of year as well! Good luck to you and your son! I hope you guys have a great season! Looking forward to your pics. Our early muzzleload and archery season started Sept. 20th.... haven't missed a day. I have passed a lot of deer but I just put one in the freezer from hitting it with my truck so I'm stocked up on meat and can be a little more selective and wait for a mature doe or buck. Best of luck to ya!
Live it up! Doug

Thanks tons! I'm a little nervous about regular season because my buddy (i hunt his land) has decided to let a few other guys go out for doe next weekend to thin out the population (there are A LOT of deer there), I'm a lil worried that all the commotion might scare off the bigger bucks I know are out there and that I won't see a glimpse of them come regular season. Guess I'll just have to wait and see or maybe sit my booty in another spot in the area and perhaps the bucks will move off the river into the pastures and ravines. Time will tell I guess.

Sounds like a good plan. If there's not TOO much pressure you should be fine depending on how big an area your talking about. Best of luck!
Live it up! Doug

Good luck out there!:wave:

Thanks Rowdy!

I'm with ya all the way and really looking forward to this friday when our Bow season begins. Enjoy that very special time with your son and new hunting buddy. I hope he nails a nice one like a 10 year old did here in Corydon IN. this weekend during the youth hunt. This is the first year for being able to use a 44 mag rifle that fires a pistol round which is what he used to knock down a 13 pointer at 43 yards. It was 205 lbs. a good looking deer.

I would love for him to get a big buck regular season but for now we're just going to be shooting doe. After this we'll be counting down the days til Nov. 13th :)

I hunt here in southern Maryland and our early muzzleloader season starts October 22nd. I CAN'T WAIT! This weekend I'm going out to sight in my Thompson Center Encore. Just bought a new set of sights, and ready to knock the dust off the gun.

Just a little update..... went out this weekend and my son and boyfriend like to get up and walk after so long.... I on the other hand like to sit in one place for most of the day... newho.... Saturday morning they talked me into moving about and we saw 2 small bucks and came up on 3 doe... I wanted my son to get one first so i let him shoot and unfortunately he shot over one of the doe's backs. BUMMER..... Went back out Saturday evening and only saw one doe in a draw below the hill we were sitting on. The sun was straight out of the west in our face and he couldn't see through his scope, I even pulled up my gun to shoot and unfortunately all I could see was glare from the sun. I went out again Sunday morning and didn't even see a doe, saw a fawn and a very nice 4x4 :) unfortunately I have to wait to shoot one of those guys until regular rifle season. Plan to go out maybe one night this week if we have the time and definitely this weekend. Fingers crossed we get em!

ML season starts Oct 30 and I have never been more excited!! Two full weeks of either sex hunting!!

P.S. Pray the Lord gives my wife patience, understanding and endurance this season! We have two kiddies, 4 and 1, and I know she'll get to her wit's end on occasion.

well I've got good news and bad news.... :( I went out last Thursday. A while after 7pm I saw a deer come out of the treeline along the river into the meadow I was sitting along the edge of. Needless to say after not having got one yet I was pretty excited. I pulled my gun up and took a look through the scope and couldn't see antlers so I repositioned myself to shoot the doe. Keep in mind this was the longest shot I've ever taken, over the last few years all of the deer I've shot have been within 60 yards. I was patient and waited until I had a clear shot and her side was to me. I shot and down she went. At this point I was quite happy with myself and gathered my gear to walk over to my kill. UNFORTUNATELY as I came closer I realized it was a gut shot and I felt terrible! My very first kill ever was a gut shot and I have tried consistently since then to not make a bad shot... thankfully up until now I had a great shot every time. I shot again and made sure that it was dead.. but Also... I noticed that it was a spike and not a doe :( I haven't ever been so disappointed in myself while hunting and wish that I'd had seen it was a spike. His spikes were under the legal size so he was legal but I still feel absolutely terrible about it. That's probably the last time I'm going to attempt a shot that far, lesson learned I guess. Has anything similar happened to anyone else, because I feel absolutely terrible about it.

I had exact same thing happen on my 2nd deer, it was within legal limits but first you say its your first kill, then you say luckily every shot youve taken before mine wasn't a gut shot but it was a spike. If your worried cause it could of been a big buck one day then seriously dont sweat it because there are a lot of deer out there one is not going to affect the population that much.