DIfficult Hunting Times

Our season open on September 1st and firearm season opened on the 15th, I finally got a chance to go this past weekend. I took my son with me and we hunted hard for three days, during this time we did not see a single deer. This is very unusual for our part of the country. My history shows that September is one of the best times to hunt on our property but not this past week.

I could not figure it out, we did everything by the book. Played the wind, hunted long and hard, were quiet, tried some calling, light rattling, everything. And we saw nothing. Like many of you, there are times when the game is just not moving. This was our opening weekend and we only heard two shots all weekend. So that tells me that the deer were just not moving. Was it the moon? Perhaps there was a low pressure that I was not aware of? What ever the case, it was very frustrating to sit for that many hours, for our first hunts after a long layoff between seasons and not see a thing.

The next trip will be better I am sure, we will give it our best, and after all, it is hunting, and we will just have to hunt harder. I just really hate it for my son, who was so excited to see some deer. It is real hard on young hunters to go and sit and sit and not see anything. No matter what I tell him, he is still frustrated and that can be the kiss of death on a young potential hunter. I will encourage him and hopefully, he will hang in there and want to go again.

But the next opportunity I will be there, sitting, stalking, still hunting until I finally put an arrow or bullet in one. That is what it is all about.

We did however, get into a mess of chiggers, and our legs and feet are covered up with them. I guess we did not spray enough - thank goodness for benadryl cream.