It’s 12:02, that means today is a day I have been looking forward to since last January. The knife is ready to roll! I am packed up and ready to roll! My hunting buddy and I will be shooting for a goal of 6am departure which should having us pull up at sunrise.
She normally sleeps till around 9 or ten so this will be an early day. She said she wanted to hunt the morning and asked how early she responded with, whatever gives us the best chance to get a deer. I think I ran the time by her a half dozen times and she didn’t back down. Last year we hunted in -3 temps and most of her hunt was spent in the truck warming up. We have improved gear and enough warmers to cook a steak. Looking at single digit to teen temps in the morning.
We should be good to go and get there right after sunrise. The deer should be up moving on the river bottom and the plan will be to bounce over the edge of an elevated ridge that runs a slew filled flat. Cattails and all the goods to hide some deer.
We will shoot the first doe we see, white tail or muley.
What…. Not every guys trophy is a set of antlers. It’s all about the experience and time with my daughter. Like the antelope I will only take a perfect set up shot with lots of time and able to walk her through it. Hopefully she can be right by my side this time.
And really hoping for an improvement in the shooting category from the antelope hunt and no untimely sneezes!
My 7 yo hunting buddy from our antelope hunt a few weeks ago.
