Sat for three hours this morning in 2B. Thought it was going to come together when 3 does were feeding my way. Mama skirted me in the thick stuff so that ended that. I can't make it out tonight so next week gonna hit it again. 

Been bow hunting over 50 years now- wont climb trees anymore and still using my "new" Hoyt mystic compound with 30 inch aluminum arrows and 125 thunderheads.
Likely considered an antique by many but have taken lots of deer, turkey and a bear with it. Don't ever see a change coming at this point. ( ANTIQUE MEANING BOTH MYSELF AND THE EQUIPMENT)
Have the attitude now, after more than my share of good luck over time, that if it happens, it happens and if it don't, it don't.
One of those new fangled crossbows would likely have put meat on the table yesterday afternoon but am just as happy ( I think) to have passed.
 
GOOD LUCK TO ALL OUT THERE AND HOPE YOU LEAVE THE SEASON WITH GREAT MEMORIES.
REMEMBER, IT AINT THE WEIGHT OF MEAT ON THE TABLE BUT THE NUMBER OF NICE MEMORIES THAT COUNT MOST.

Good luck to you guys that have started already. I've got the itch to sit in solitude in a tree. Can't wait for the statewide opener at the end of the month. Stay safe and shoot straight.

😧Good Grief I saw the page by dpms and thought I missed "poke em with a stick" opening day in my little piece of Penn's Woods.

I'm getting tooooo old for this....


I'm with Sam, good luck everyone and hunt safely.

It was 83 here yesterday, but I could not resist spending some time in one of my stands last evening -- with a salted rim frozen margarita.



Oh, it is a bench in a grove of hickory trees half way between my house and our patch of woods. Saw 11 antlerless.

This will be my first archery season and I can't imagine hunting if it is this warm.

DarDys
This will be my first archery season and I can't imagine hunting if it is this warm.

Good luck this fall! Temps are forecast to be in the eighties for the next 10 days here. I plan on hunting tomorrow after work near Pittsburgh. But the thought of sitting there in 82 degrees isn't sounding too appealing. Especially if a shot is taken. 

Don't forget about them ticks fellas.

What is odd about ticks in my area this year is that they were abundant in the warmth of January and February, but after the little cold snap at the end of February and the beginning of March, I've seen nary a one on myself or the dogs (although they still get treated once per month). It's like they got decimated when it got cold and they never recovered -- not that I'm complaining.

I passed a pretty darned nice 8 point last evening at 28 yards. Not sure I made the right decision on that one.............

If ya got my kind of luck, you sure as hell didn't. lol