A happy soul in the outdoors!
I watched this little bird’s nest all bow/gun season of 2020. It was in a large bush right outside my blind. I never seen any bird movement near it, but I was able to catch a picture in March 2021. Its a cute little nest…looks well built….some little birdie worked real hard to build it. I wanted to get a better look, but I decided to let it free of human touch.
11/29/20 9th day of Wisconsin 2020 Gun Deer Season
Last Hunt!
No body from the hunting party hunted or did drives today,
as they had a few more deer to process before the weekend is over.
The wind was a little blustery today and the sun had no interest in coming out.
This did not give me much motivation to hunt this last day of the season
I figured yesterday was my last day and time was dwindling down,
because we leave for Kansas for their 12 day gun deer season the very next day.
Marcus kindly reminded me that, “hey ya never know what you will see, we don’t absolutely have to leave for Kansas tomorrow, go shoot the big one will ya!”
He was right, live in the moment!
I didn’t go out until a little later than normal, just due to limiting my time in the wind
My propagative , I guess!
I had not seen anything, but did hear a bird, if that counts.
The animal world was not very busy today, I am guessing due to the wind.
The last 10 minutes of the night, 2 fawns came out in the big food plot to my left.
I felt they were alone but ma could have been nearby, but we did take a doe or 2 this season, so maybe mom isn’t here anymore.
That thought makes me sad, but that is part of nature, no doubt.
The fawns were fun to watch as they were playfully frolicked in the field.
Well…..that’s a wrap. 2020 Wisconsin Gun Deer Season Over.
I didn’t harvest a deer this season, but that was by choice, as I had some good opportunity.
It was the year of the girls as Hailey and Sierra both got their 1st gun deer. I got my 1st bow buck as well this year.
The hunting party ended up harvesting 8 deer this season.
With all the flooding, I wasn’t sure if anybody would get any deer.
Focus on the blessings!
Until next year!
11/28/20 8th day of Wisconsin 2020 Gun Deer Season
Nobody from the hunting partying hunted today or did any drives.
However, they did spend a majority of the day cutting/process the deer that were harvested.
I went to sit in my blind “Betty” for the evening hunt
I wasn’t feeling very hopefully as they had pushed this half of the property the day before,
so, I figured whatever was here is here no more
The sun was out, so that always gives that little more motivation to sit
But it was windy, not as bad a yesterday
Plus, I wasn’t sure how the wind would be once I got to my blind
My walk in was bittersweet as I knew that this possibly may be my last walk to my blind for awhile
Gun season ends tomorrow as I am not sure if I will hunt.
There is always archery until January, but let’s face it I am not a cold weather hunter
So, the likely hood that I will get back out to my blind in little
I tried to relish in my surroundings as I walked in
The wind was not too bad once I got settled into the blind
I had terrible wind burn after my sit yesterday
I hate the wind burn as hurts it my whole face and makes me hot, I find it a very unpleasant feeling
I always put on face cream before I head out, but that didn’t seem to work very good yesterday
So, before I went out tonight I rub shea butter all over my face
Anyways all settled,
Come on I will take that story that no more than 5 minutes after you get to the stand a big bucks’ steps out and boom, got me a big buck.
I don’t know maybe those are fairy tales. But I did get this:
I hadn’t been sitting 5 minutes when Mr. Tom turkey made his way out to the food plot
He didn’t stay long but he had a nice beard.
They rest of the night was peaceful but dull
I did not see a thing
I embraced the sun on my face and the cool air on my skin, as I know the season will soon end
About 10 minutes before close I could here some rustling in the woods in front of me
And well you know got myself prepared, for nothing, it was nothing, or was it
Nothing stepped out for me to shoot.
I closed up the blind and made my way out.
I always have to chuckle when I hear gun shots in the distance 2 or 3 minutes after the fact.
It was a slow walk out as I am just about to close another gun deer season,
With out a deer to add, but that was entirely by choice.
1 more day to go, ahhh who knows maybe I will hunt just that one last hunt tomorrow.
You got one more day make it count!
11/27/20 7th day of Wisconsin 2020 Gun Deer Season
Black Friday everyone!
I sat on “The Hill” for the afternoon!
I got up there around 1pm.
Marcus had dropped me off as I was going to sit the rest of the afternoon and the hunting party was going to do a drive.
Marcus needed the Mud Duck for the drive.
It’s a long walk to where I sit on The Hill.
If I knew my yards from my feet’s I could tell you how long of a walk it really was.
But I can’t.
There is a grassy tree line between a bean field and a hay field off a woods.
This is important to know because there is hardly any flat spots to put a chair.
This is the same area I sat a few night ago but where I sat the other night was in an opening between 2 trees.
This is where I had my blind the last few years.
I felt this left me a little exposed so I moved over and found a flat spot in front of a tree.
Yes, it was windy as usual
And the sun was at my back but so was the wind, I was thankful for that.
The hunting party was going to drive the north half of the property and the deer use this route as an escape.
Shortly after the drive started a medium size doe was running the length of the bean field in front of me.
She stopped in the clearing to rest a bit, to catch her breath and then trotted away to safety.
A short while after that I had a small 4 point buck and a fawn running down the hay field even closer to me.
They too had stopped in the clearing right in front of me.
They were exhausted as I could tell, they stopped to catch their breath and rest a moment.
They stopped and looked back as if waiting for their friends or searching for danger.
They rested here about 5 minutes before they trotted off into the woods.
I was able to get a quick picture as I didn’t want to scare them anymore.
The rest of the night was rather dull and cold.
I thought the wind would die down but it didn’t.
I was hopeful something might step out of the woods the closer I got to closing time, but it didn’t surprise me that one didn’t.
I feel right now the deer are on lock down until it is safe to move and they hear no more bangs in the air.
A tag team effort from the drive, 2 of the guys harvested a doe. Congrats Matt and Brady!
Cindy was also sitting solo and she harvested a doe and nub buck as well. Congrats!
Only 2 more hunting days!
Why is it going so fast?????
11/26/20 6th day of Wisconsin 2020 Gun Deer Season
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your families!
Different kind of thanksgiving here this year, as I am sure was all around the world
Due to the lack of people getting together for thanksgiving most of the hunting party was less busy,
As we don’t normally do much hunting on Thanksgiving.
I had ordered premade food from a local meat market, so I didn’t have to make a thing
just heat and go for supper
We usually don’t get together for thanksgiving as we traditionally do an evening hunt
Marcus shot a nice buck a few years ago on thanksgiving.
The hunting party did a drive through the pines over on the farm.
I was part of this drive and was posted on a hill across the road as this is a route the deer
Have fled to over the years.
That is exactly what happened this time as well
I could see them racing through a small woods, cross the highway and head straight for me
This is the part of the drives that don’t excite me very much, the hunting party is much more experienced and have been hunting longer than I.
They were running fast, technically I couldn’t make out what they were. Somene radio’d they were fawns.
I don’t make it a habit to shoot at random things.
I most certainly don’t shoot at running things, I am way to inexperienced shooting at running targets.
Much less the idea of injuring a deer and not finding it doesn’t fare well on my do to list.
Plus, there is a good chance I miss and the thought of a happily flying bullets to freedom is kind of scary and something I don’t want to be a part of.
I had 3 fawns or youngsters run right up by me.
They were so close that they were almost going to run me over.
I had to wave my arms and talk in order to deter them from running me over.
The guys did another drive and I went out for a solo sit.
I sat on Degners, which is basically a big plowed up field right now, the field butts up
to tall grass and willows with cattails all around.
I know there have been deer in this area for years, I have seen them in person and on camera
This was not a traditional hunt, as I have never sat in this spot during gun season.
I have a few sits in this area during bow season over the years.
I thought it might be a promising sit, as I had seen tracks in the fresh mud as I was walking in.
I nestled into some tall grass with my back up against a tree.
I don’t have much shooting here, to my back left beyond the field is a road, my straight left is a house, and to my front left is a tree line and field and factories/building beyond that.
But good shooting to my front and my right if they come out of the woods.
The only excitement I saw were the geese flying off of the sewer pond and want to land in the field right in front of me.
I saw nothing this night as well!
Happy Thanksgiving again!
*Sometimes in the business and chaos of this life, I often don’t concentrate on my blessing enough!*
Only 3 more days of hunting!
11/25/20 5th day of Wisconsin 2020 Gun Deer Season
I had to work until 1:15 pm today
The hunting party did 2 drives, about halfway thru the 1st one it started to rain.
They pushed the drives through
However, it rained into the evening and I did not go out hunting.
2 days of nu hunting, bummer!
5 more hunting days to go!
11/24/20 4th day of the Wisconsin 2020 Gun Deer Season!
I had to work until 3pm today!
Snowed throughout the night and almost all morning and rained in the rest of the night!
I have this thing about hunting and rain!
As it would be my luck to shoot a deer and lose the blood trail because of rain and wet ground.
Maybe if I had better luck!
No hunting for this girl!
5 more hunting days to go! I do not like the feeling of not hunting tonight!
11/23/20 3rd day of Wisconsin 2020 Gun Deer Season
My sit tonight was short. I had to work until 3 pm, but I am pretty sure I was out the door by 3:02 pm I chose my traditional route due to time constraints and went to sit in my elevated enclosed blind. I shall call her Betty from now on. Why, like Betty Crocker, my blind is home made with love.
I got all bundled up as I knew once the sun went down it would get cool. Oh, but I love the sunshine it makes me feel alive.
My 1 hour and 43 minute sit went fast and there was very little movement. I really found it eerily quite so I focused on the silence.
It was quite enough to hear movement, but this time of year the ground is damp and soft, which deters noise when walked on.
I didn’t hear many shots ringing through the air tonight
About 435 I spot 2 doe far off in the big food plot. I watch then through the binoculars for a while, next thing I know I have 5 doe/fawns frolicking through the field. They are being silly, jumping around and playing with each other. It is about 440 already and before I know it, they pranced away.
It is now time to end my sit as another hunting day come to an end.
Only 7 more hunting days to go! The weather isn’t looking the greatest! I have to work 2 more days.
Shoot straight y’all!
11/22/20 2nd say of Wisconsin 2020 Gun Deer Season
Up and at it this 2nd day of gun season
It was a little colder this morning and the sun was not as present this morning
As it took most of the morning for the frost to melt off of the world
It was a rather dull morning and very little shots filled the air
Even the birds slept in
It wasn’t freezing out but it was cold
Maybe cold for a girl like me
This was the 1st time using my little buddy in the blind.
It kept us toasty
Oh, the bad timing sometimes
A little buck, a doe, and 2 fawns had paid us a visit, just as I was firing up the old little buddy
They wanted nothing to do with coming in close
Mom was a smart woman
As she knew something wasn’t right
That is all we saw this morning
We headed in around 1030
As the hunting party wanted to do a drive
I did not participate in the drives all the time, long story
But Hailey whom is like 11 or 12 did shoot her first doe, with a perfect shot
I did got out at 2 pm and sit
I sat up on top of a very high hill looking many many miles
It is always windy and cold on this hill if you hit the right wind
Somehow I always hit the right wind or should I say the wrong wind
I used to have a blind in this exact spot
For some reason just never got around to doing it this year
So, I just popped up the ole’ Ghost Blind
Well I saw nothing this night
I did get sprinkled on and even hailed on a bit
And I got plenty of wind burn on my face
I didn’t expect to see much this night
I was hopeful as this spot butts up to woods that I have seen many a deer
Walk in and out of over the last few years
I love sitting in this spot
I can see for miles and miles looking at this beautiful earth
My son advised me that while I was sitting there was more deer action right below my house
then I had seen all night
Day 2 of the in season in the book, only 7 more hunts to go
Shot straight y’all. Make some great memoires
11/21/20 Opening day of Wisconsin Gun Deer Season!
Well the dreaded get up early of opening day, which I manage to not get up one early morning during bow season.
And of course I wasn’t able to fall asleep last night
So, I was running on 4 hrs. of sleep
Marcus may have gotten a tad bit more sleep than me but not much
You do know that there are very special deer opening day of gun season right
More special than deer any other day??? 😊
The walk in was fine, with the usually rushed feeling making sure to get to the blind before it gets light
We had plenty of time to spare, but you don’t know that when you’re walking in, no matter how much time you leave yourself
We got in and settled to hear gun shots in the distance many minutes before opening
I anxiously waited that opening minute, gun in hand ready to see the “BIG GUY”
step from the cover, well shoot he never did, as he usually doesn’t, no matter how much you play the scene over in your head.
I didn’t hold out much hope as the deer movement the last week or so had drastically decreased.
We always play this game when a close gunshot goes off, what neighbor shot it and what bucks was it.
I had to laugh occasionally at the amount of gun shots heard around us
I even joked at some point and asked are there any deer even alive anymore?
I tried to soak in the beauty around me
As the white frost had clung to every inch of the earth
The crystals sparkle so pretty
And with this white pretty frost came complete silence.
I caught myself a few times with a smile on my face recognizing how beautiful this morning was
I found the fog from the ground jumping high into the air very magical and found it fitting for the 1st day of gun season
I was warm enough but usually I always am, I pretty much always over dress
Marcus on the other hand thought it would be cool to just wear a t-shirt under his big orange hunting jacket
Yup caught him a few times shivering
A little doe had come out to the food plot to eat
She strategically hid behind the bush so I couldn’t see her all the time
The birds happen to be busy as the sun start to shine through the clouds
We decided last minute to sit all day
I have not ever done a sit all day
It wasn’t as bad as I thought
Glad I had some water and snacks to hold us over and the company of my man
I choose this man to sit in silence with 10 plus hours in a day, any and every day
It was a long afternoon
As there was little to no movement
Marcus has no problem falling asleep anywhere, any time and got a few cat naps in
I am sure my head hit the floor a few times as well
Around 330 we had some action with a little fella coming into the small food plot
He was such a little buck but so proud
When I look at these little bucks…I think of all the life they have to live and all the fun they have yet to have chasing girls.
He didn’t want anything to do with us, as if he were on a mission
A short while later a 4 pointer came into the food plot
This time this one came within 20 yards, and actually worked the scrape stick we have set up near by
I love watching deer so close in their natural habitat
It was so cool to see him working the branch
He never did spook and just got bored
About 15 minutes later a doe, 2 fawns and a small buck
Are nearby, pretty sure one was a hot doe
I figured they knew something was up when they looked over in our direction,
And did a quick slide under the radar move
You know how them old doe’s are so smart
About 5 to 10 minutes from close we hear close by gun shots
Well one of the girls in our hunting party, Sierra had taken a shot or 2
A small buck, there was potential that this buck might double back and come our way
Well just about a minute before close I have a deer to my left and in front of me, it ducks for cover into the bushes
I could not make out what gender, and it was moving slow but didn’t look injured.
Well its closing and we head back to the Mud Duck
The party had found blood
So, Sierra did get a shot to stick, I am happy for her and say a little prayer that they find her deer
Not knowing if the deer I had seen was the deer they were looking for
I told them where I had seen the deer last go in and to my surprise, what do ya know there he was
They walked right where I told them I had seen the deer and there it was
Glad I was able to help them find it
It was Sierra’s 1st deer/buck and I was happy for her
It was a good 1st day
Weather was nice, sun was out
I had 2 opportunities within shooting range to harvest a small buck.
But we all have the gut feeling, that ah ha moment, that moment in time where we say he’s mine
When I see this deer, I will to take my shot.
In the memory books it shall go as my 1st time sitting all day.
Only 8 more days to go, as I try to remind myself that this 9 day gun season goes pretty fast, so live in the moment.