Deer Day 25 - Sun DEC 01 - Shotgun Ends
Technically, the firearms season has just ended in Indiana; but since we all use shotguns, we consider it Shotgun Season - and it's over. It did not end like it started - although we tried. Davey and I hit Marshall's S farm in the morning. It was 28F and ZERO wind - you could hear for miles. I saw three doe run across the S woods heading W but too far for either me or Dave to shoot. That afternoon, it warmed up to somewhere between 46 & 50 degrees depending upon which phone, vehicle, or thermometer you looked at. Hey - that's warm enough for Fair Weather Kathy to go out and hunt too! Our original plan was to hunt the golf course because we had not had an afternoon hunt there all year. With the warm weather, the wood cutters were out cleaning up the giant mess from the storms. No need to hunt there. Instead, Nick, Kathy, Alex and I hit Marshall, Neal, Vice for the final evening hunt. Nick sat on Vice across the creek. I sat on the...