Post by riddleofsteel on Nov 2, 2008 9:06:22 GMT -5
Yesterday was the last Saturday of the Archery season here in NC so I took my new Ten Point Titan TL-7 out for a hunt. First of all I forgot my sling so I was reduced to carrying my bow in one had and my blind over the other shoulder. Carrying a cocked crossbow thru the woods seems a lot like packing a really wide rifle. I never really found a good way to carry it so I was lucky my stand is pretty close to where I park.
Good day in the woods, cold in the AM, very warm in the afternoon. Morning was a steady parade of wildlife, turkey, coons, squirrels but no deer.
In the afternoon our flock of turkey hens came thru. It has grown to around 20 birds (time to thin them out). Two big does passed me around 5:30 and I had one in the scope with the 20 yard dot on her chest when she stopped and kept looking back. Deer have started rutting here in central NC so I decide to wait and see if a buck was following them. If there was one he went around my blind because the meat pole is still empty.
Next time.................
Good day in the woods, cold in the AM, very warm in the afternoon. Morning was a steady parade of wildlife, turkey, coons, squirrels but no deer.
In the afternoon our flock of turkey hens came thru. It has grown to around 20 birds (time to thin them out). Two big does passed me around 5:30 and I had one in the scope with the 20 yard dot on her chest when she stopped and kept looking back. Deer have started rutting here in central NC so I decide to wait and see if a buck was following them. If there was one he went around my blind because the meat pole is still empty.
Next time.................