GOT ONE!

I woke up early this morning and went hunting. I saw two deer, a doe and a buck chasin' her. He was a medium sized eight point so I let him walk figuring, "He'll be a perfect mount in a couple of years. After not seeing anything all the rest of the morning I came back to the house and sighted my rifle in at one-hundred yards...on the money!

I went back out for the evening hunt not expecting to see anything. But as the woods grew darker I looked to see if I could see my cross hairs up against a dark background and looking about a hundred or so yards away there was a buck sniffing at the ground, head low. He had smelled a doe. He trotted back into some brush, and I gave a couple grunts. He came back out walking directly toward me. I had my rifle up already. I gave him a good looking over. From the tree he looked like a shootable deer...Bang!!! He ran about 100 yards (I know everything is a hundred yards right?) and fell... When I got to him, he was the same deer I saw this morning. "Crap!" I thought, I wanted to let that one live for a couple more years! I'm telling you, look at the antlers in two more years he would have been a 10 possibly 12 pointer!

Oh well, that's the way it goes I reckon!

Aw, Disaster

So there I was after the hunt this past Saturday. I ain't saw a deer all morning long, so I headed back to the house at around eleven. I took off all of my equipment leaned my gun against the truck. Even though I didn't see any deer, all was going well. Then I went to reach for my rifle. I grabbed my rifle at the very tip of the barrel. When I pulled it to me it slipped from my hand. I grasped for it only catching air both times. As the gun continued to tip farther over I noticed the scope was going to be the first thing to hit the ground. I turned my head i couldn't stand to look at it any longer..."thud." "Disaster," I thought, as I hung my head in shame... I knew before I even picked the rifle up my scope had to be ruined or at least WAY out of sight, and would have to be sighted in again. I turned and saw my gun laying there on the ground. I couldn't bear to shoot it or even check the scope out of fear of what I might find. I hastily tossed the rifle in the truck and went inside. Later I came back out with my step dad and told him what I did. The zoom was bent and neither of us could turn it. We tried with channel locks and it just turned the whole scope inside the rings! I had a Simmons on there when that happened. About a month or so ago I almost bought a Leupold...I'm so glad I didn't. I would have been very unhappy if I would have ruined a 500-600 dollar scope rather than a 150 dollar scope!
Any way to make a longer story shorter, I went out that afternoon and bought a new "Center Point-Adventure 4-16 x 40" Yesterday after about 10 rounds out of my 300, and a hurt shoulder, it was sighted in. It seems to hold it's line well, even with the brutal beating that a 300 Winchester magnum can give. And for that I am happy. So I, personally...thus far...can say about "Center Point" it's a decent scope for the money. But guys seriously be careful with where you grab your rifle...(I am glad I got a new scope though).

Ah here it is almost a month into hunting season and I've only seen one deer, very breifly. I did get the chance to help clean one a couple of weeks ago. The deer was then halfed so I did get some meat out of the deal. That's all I'm ever looking for anyway, meat in the freezer and antlers on the wall! Tomorrow I pack up to go out again. I haven't been able to get any good footage or I would post some picutures. We'll see how it goes. Salute! I'll keep you updated.

Three Days!!!

Rifle season opens in three days. Yay! I love the woods. I generally take along a good book, listen to the sounds of God's creation and pray. It's very very good alone time with the Lord. So even if I don't see anything the time was still well spent. Sometimes even during the off season I want to just go out in the middle of the woods alone and just meditate. Hunting season makes it that much more fun though.

The night before last I went and bought my last necessities for the season. I have a whole kit devoted "to keepin' you from a stinkin'." LOL. No the scent away kit. By buddy Christopher turned me onto the good idea of using all of that stuff. He said his dad used all of it and the deer never smelled him, so I figured it a good investment. I also bought some scent wafers, they smell like dirt. Wait a second...I just payed money to smell like dirt, not well thought out. Oh well guys will be guys I guess. The last think I bought, not really a necessity, a rattle bag. It seems my first rattle buck I ever shot had the antlers stilled...yes I just said stilled. I hope it works well, we'll see.

Some of this money would have been well spent on some more rounds for my rifle, I only have three left, but I'll budget for those next month. Judging by all of the shots I fired last year, three rounds should last me...oh I don't know...till the return of Christ maybe. LOL. But yeah hopefully I'll bag a big one this year. Greg tells me not to shoot anything I wont be proud to put on the wall. And so no one will shoot small bucks on his property he says if you shoot a buck you must mount it, and no one wants to mount a spike. That keeps us from getting too trigger happy.

Well I'm gonna start getting ready Thursday evening. I'll have rifle ready and camera on for you guys!

Happy Hunting.

Georgia Hunting Clothes

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The jacket for about 200 dollars and the bibs for about 175 that's a lot of money to spend for an outfit. I see hunters all over Georgia buy these things and then complain about sweating. People, this is Georgia and 375 dollars for an outfit is a bit overkill. It MIGHT, repeat, MIGHT get down in the teens in Georgia in the winter time. That is for about 30 minutes, 15 before sunrise and the temperature drops again right after sunrise. So buying cloths that are registered for snow storm conditions is over doing it a bit don't you think.





Last year I dressed in layers. I wore uninsulated camo coveralls that looked a bit like this:














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These are army aviator coveralls. I buy these at the Army Navy store for about 20 bucks. I buy them a couple of sizes too big that way I can dress in layers. Last season I stayed warm with no problem whatsoever. If I get hot, the coveralls have zipper vents under my arms and legs. I blend in, deer can't see me. The material is very silent, moving doesn't make any noise. However, it did when I first bought the coveralls because the material was new, so that is a con to the pro if you spend nearly 400 dollars on new hunting clothes. But that wasn't worth 350 dollars for me. Besides now they are good and broken in and don't make any noise. And I spent about 355 dollars less than others who spend 375 dollars on their clothes. I wear thermals, jeans and these coveralls. For my top I wear thermals, a sweatshirt and these coveralls. I've never been cold, not in Georgia. My 130 dollar insulated boots allowed my feet to get cold before my 55 dollars worth of layering did. Now I can take the rest of that money and buy things I can really put to use; doe pee, scent block, rope, new boots, gloves (a good pair of gloves IS very important, thin yet they need to be warm), rattle bags, new tree stands, rounds, you know the things you really NEED to hunt with). This season I will be wearing a two ply camo infantry jacket just for a little more insulation, I got that for free from a friend of mine who served for a few years in the service. So if you add that into "cost," put about another 20 on 55, still only 75 dollars. Much less expensive. But hey if you other hunters want to go out and spend 400 dollars on an outfit for Georgia hunting have a blast, but remember I'll be just as warm, unseen, and silent spending less than a quarter of that!

Happy hunting!

I can't help but being excited!!!

I'm going this weekend to put my last stand out before rifle season opens and I am downright thrilled!!! I love the woods, I feel at home in them. I could live there just moving about from place to place. Well only to a certain extent, it would get lonely and where would church and Christian fellowship be? But that just to say I am very anxious to see what the season will be like this year. I have about 12 hunting day's planned. Pretty much every Saturday from October 18th through January first, with the exception of just a couple. And I also have a couple of Fridays off in between there. It's so wonderful to sit up there in them trees and just enjoy Gods creation. Half the time even if I don't see nothin' it's still just as great as if I did.

But Saturday I get to go on another hike, slightly less than the eight mile hike I took Saturday before this past. I'm puttin' up my summit in the field. It's not as far from the house as my other stand is. So if I just want to get a quick hunt, in I can run over there climb the tree and begin. I'll keep my camera close so I can take pictures and post them and all of y'all can enjoy the beauty of Gods creation with me.

Getting ready!

Rifle season is opening for deer on October 18th and I am absolutely stoked. I'm not a big bow hunter but I love rifle season. I went out this past Saturday and put my stand in a tree, and I believe it is going to be a good year. There are muscadines littering the ground, acorns everywhere, and so much deer poop you'd think you were at a petting zoo! There are tons small saplings with last years scars of scrapes made on them, and this year I hope to see some fresh ones when in draws near to rut! My rifle is sighted in, my groups are touching at 100 yards. My equipment is all ready to rock n roll! I don't have any pictures or video's yet but hope to post some later. I'll have my camera in the tree with me so any deer a shoot you should be there with me. I'll keep you posted to how the season pans out.

Peace!!