justice4all
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I flew back home again this year for the first three days of rifle season in PA, and it was a banner year, to say the least.
Out of the four guys with whom I camp on my family's farm, all of us scored bucks. Three of them were out of the exact same SkyBox 20' ladder stand, and all within 30 minutes of legal shooting. Mine, a 2.5 year old 8 point on opening day, then my brothers, a broken antler 1X4, then our friends, a 1.5 year old 8 point. Including my early morning buck on the second day last year, that makes 4 bucks in four days of hunting from the exact same stand.
Out of the seven guys who hunt that farm, 6 filled their buck tags--but one was during bow season.
My buck was the biggest for the second year in a row, which was pure luck, of course.
Once again, the Hornady Leverevolution performed superbly from my 30-30. I hit my buck in the shoulder at about 40-50 yards, and due to how he was standing, I took out a chunk of his heart and some lung. He ran right towards my tree, and I shot him again, even though he was already dead, but just didn't know it yet.
For the gear:
I was expecting a bitter cold hunting season, like I remembered from when I was a boy, in the mid to late 1980s, mainly because the last two years were warmer than average. So I bought a MadBomber rabbit fur blaze orange hat from Cabelas. Excellent hat, and it has replaced my "lucky" Elmer Fudd that I wore for decades. You cannot hear a thing when the ear flaps are down, but it's warm as can be that way, and still pretty warm with the flaps up.
I also bought some boot blankets from Cabelas, where you put your hunting boots inside little sleeping bag type things. They'll be a regular item for me from now on.
Every year the guys I hunt with buy each other some sort of gift, and this year I got them, and myself, Glenn's deer drag handle. Great product. You cannot imagine how easy it makes dragging a deer. I was actually able to run uphill pulling my brother's buck.
All in all it was another great hunt in unit 2F.
Out of the four guys with whom I camp on my family's farm, all of us scored bucks. Three of them were out of the exact same SkyBox 20' ladder stand, and all within 30 minutes of legal shooting. Mine, a 2.5 year old 8 point on opening day, then my brothers, a broken antler 1X4, then our friends, a 1.5 year old 8 point. Including my early morning buck on the second day last year, that makes 4 bucks in four days of hunting from the exact same stand.
Out of the seven guys who hunt that farm, 6 filled their buck tags--but one was during bow season.
My buck was the biggest for the second year in a row, which was pure luck, of course.
Once again, the Hornady Leverevolution performed superbly from my 30-30. I hit my buck in the shoulder at about 40-50 yards, and due to how he was standing, I took out a chunk of his heart and some lung. He ran right towards my tree, and I shot him again, even though he was already dead, but just didn't know it yet.
For the gear:
I was expecting a bitter cold hunting season, like I remembered from when I was a boy, in the mid to late 1980s, mainly because the last two years were warmer than average. So I bought a MadBomber rabbit fur blaze orange hat from Cabelas. Excellent hat, and it has replaced my "lucky" Elmer Fudd that I wore for decades. You cannot hear a thing when the ear flaps are down, but it's warm as can be that way, and still pretty warm with the flaps up.
I also bought some boot blankets from Cabelas, where you put your hunting boots inside little sleeping bag type things. They'll be a regular item for me from now on.
Every year the guys I hunt with buy each other some sort of gift, and this year I got them, and myself, Glenn's deer drag handle. Great product. You cannot imagine how easy it makes dragging a deer. I was actually able to run uphill pulling my brother's buck.
All in all it was another great hunt in unit 2F.
