Opening day of gun, I had decided that I was going to park my butt all day in an area we call "The Crossroads" on our place in Jefferson County. I had killed a decent 10 point in that same area with a bow in 2008 I think. We call it the crossroads, because 5 old logging trails come together in one spot and we have kept them open for 4 wheelers etc... I used to have a food plot on the flat there, but have not had the time recently to keep it up.
Anyhow, I have had a River's Edge stand hung in the middle of three popular trees there for a couple of years and decided to just hang the Millenium on one of the other trees and use the tree stick that was already in place.
It was a beautiful morning and I heard more gunshots than I can remember hearing on opening day in a long time. I stopped counting at 50 and that was before 8:00 am. Not much was happening until right before 8:00 when I had a very small button buck walk past me at 50 yards and when I looked up the ridge where he had come from, I saw a small buck and right behind him a buck with a high white rack. They disappeared over the ridge and I figured that they had bedded down in the tree tops just over the top.
At 8:50, I was standing up stretching my legs and heard a twig snap behind me down where the logging roads all come together and saw a pretty nice buck walking right at me. He was a 110" or so 8 point and once I decided I wasn't going to shoot him, I was trying to get my little video camera out of my pocket. He stopped at 16 yards, looked up at me and turned around and trotted back from where he had come from. It would have been an easy shot, but he wasn't what I was looking for.
After that encounter, all I heard or saw was squirrels until about 3:30 when I took a little nap. I dozed until 3:50, and decided I better pay attention. At 4:30, I looked down towards the "Crossroads" and saw a doe and a yearling working their way through the thick brush towards me.......
Anyhow, I have had a River's Edge stand hung in the middle of three popular trees there for a couple of years and decided to just hang the Millenium on one of the other trees and use the tree stick that was already in place.
It was a beautiful morning and I heard more gunshots than I can remember hearing on opening day in a long time. I stopped counting at 50 and that was before 8:00 am. Not much was happening until right before 8:00 when I had a very small button buck walk past me at 50 yards and when I looked up the ridge where he had come from, I saw a small buck and right behind him a buck with a high white rack. They disappeared over the ridge and I figured that they had bedded down in the tree tops just over the top.
At 8:50, I was standing up stretching my legs and heard a twig snap behind me down where the logging roads all come together and saw a pretty nice buck walking right at me. He was a 110" or so 8 point and once I decided I wasn't going to shoot him, I was trying to get my little video camera out of my pocket. He stopped at 16 yards, looked up at me and turned around and trotted back from where he had come from. It would have been an easy shot, but he wasn't what I was looking for.
After that encounter, all I heard or saw was squirrels until about 3:30 when I took a little nap. I dozed until 3:50, and decided I better pay attention. At 4:30, I looked down towards the "Crossroads" and saw a doe and a yearling working their way through the thick brush towards me.......