Opening Morning 2020 Kansas Gun Season!
Start time is 7ish. So, getting up at 6ish aint so bad.
I had gotten up earlier during Wisconsin Gun Deer Season.
Forgot to pull my hair back, I am not a happy girl if my hair is not pulled back during hunting.
I have long hair, yes yes I do.
Plus, I found this new pullover hood thing in blaze orange that keeps me toasty, and when my hair is not pulled back , well let’s just say hair in the face and hair on my neck just don’t work for me, I don’t like the feeling!
Anyways, also forgot my Chapstick, oh my gosh yes Chapstick!
The morning was a little brisk, glad I started the jeep early as there is frost covering the windows.
The place we hunt is only a little way down the road.
The walk in not too bad, except for it was a lot colder and windier than expected.
The moon was bright and lite up the earth rather nicely for our walk in.
The chair placement in the blind was not ideal and needs a little tweaking.
It was a rather drab morning with little to no sun, the frost glistened on the ground.
I did not hear one gunshot all morning, which I thought odd for opening day.
Back home that is all you hear for the 1st few hours opening day!
Plus, the wind was really nipping at my nose with an icy cold touch.
We had spotted a rather large buck on the far fence line, unable to get a clear ID on the big fella.
We headed in mid-morning for a rest and breakfast.
So, glad for electric start.
We decided to try some public walk in only land for this evening.
We drove up a big dirt road to get to the top of a hill.
There is no public parking so we parked off the road.
We walked in through this vast area of cedars and tall grass/weeds.
There was sign throughout the area with rubs and scrapes.
I had no idea how to navigate this area, but Marcus had a good grasp of where he was going.
Back home we don’t hunt much wooded area, so that is what he wanted to sit in and me to experience.
Well we ended up in a woods on a ravine with a very sharp drop off to a woods below.
This area was sloped so it was hard to find a flat spot to sit. I sat behind Marcus as bit.
The view was magnificent.
I am afraid of height so I don’t sit in tree stands back home.
SO, sitting up on this ravine overlooking the woods below, must be what it’s like for those who sit in tree stands.
The wind up here was blustery and cold.
The owls hooted and hollered throughout the woods.
A few birds flew here and there.
And that was all she wrote.
We saw nothing!
Heard 2 other shots in the distance all evening!
It was a nice sit, one that I won’t forget!
Oh, the shrimp, Ceasar salad, and twice baked potatoes were so yummy!
Marcus’s mother sure is a wonderful cook!
Better hunting tomorrow!