Here it is June 11th and it was 100 degrees here yesterday...and I cant wait for deer season. My 11 yr old and 7 yr old remind me everyday that deer season is just around the corner.

 

Glad to hear the youngins are evcited about hunting. We need every one of them interested as possible. The time you spend with them in the great outdoors will be priceless someday. My dad passed about 1.5 years ago and last hunting season was my first without him here. I never realized how much I would miss him until he was gone. He was only 61. Give your kids a hug and tell them how much you love them. Circle opening day on a calender and cross off the days with them every day to help build their enthusiasm.

 

Sorry to hear about your father. I hope my boys will continue to hunt and fish after I am gone. This will be my 11 yr olds 3rd season for hunitng. The 7 yr old like to go scouting and help put up stands. I wouldnt trade my time in the woods w/them for all the pork rinds in Oklahoma!!!! It is a shame the kids that dont have a father figure to take them outdoors. The importance of the family is slowly sinking away in America.

 

Thanks, it still hurts a lot when I can't see him although I talk to him often. Hunting was the biggest thing we ever had together and it is tough without him. I have two younger brothers of which 1 hunts & the other doesn't. My father never saw my younger brother get a buck, but this last season he got a bear with his bow on my land and then got a ice 8 pt buck the second day of gun season. I told him our dad was right there with us when we got them. I totally believe my dad helped him get those animals. I shot a big fat doe with my muzzle loader (first muzzle loader kill in my second year of trying it) and I shot an 8 pt buck later in the season. I paid half of the taxidermy cost for my brother to have shoulder mounts of both his bear and the deer. Life is too short not to do for those you love. Nice to hear you enjoy the kids so much. You are right when you say the family unit is suffering in this country. I think I have rambled long enough, but thanks again.

 

Man as soon as turkey season was over, I have been looking foreward to deer season. The wait will kill me though[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

 

Where in PA are you? I hunt in 3C near Montrose on my uncle in-laws 200 acres. Shot a basket rack 8 pt there last year. Good hunting there for deer and turkey.

 

If you are a skier and know where blue know ski restort is, then im just at the bottom of blue **** mountain. Otherwise I live near altoona, pa. I hunt on private ground which makes it nice. Good luck to you too this season.

 

Another month closer....we were going to plant some food plots, but been WAY too hot

 

We have had a terrable summer so far. It has either been way to hot or pouring rain. WE have gone from so humid you can't stand it outside to amazing rain storms. We have had several damaging floods here in upstate NY including one storm late Sat night. The rain was coming down side ways and hitting the windows so hard my puppy was barking at it because she didn't know who was knocking at the door. 3 inches in one hour. Early bear starts here Sept 16th. That is the first thing we can hunt around here. I'll be there in my treestand with my bow just hoping for some luck and a nice black blob to materialize in the woods.
Good luck to all.

 

Getting closer. For now I am "patiently" waiting the return of my turkey from the taxidermist! I am suppost to give him a call a few weeks before archery season, and he would try and fit it in for me. As for now the head is being freeze dried.