Opening Day - Deer Season 2021

 Kathy, Alex, Eric and I hit the golf course on opening day for the firearms season here in Indiana - Saturday, 13 NOV 2021.

Kathy sat in the bowl on Hole #15, but the Snellenbarger's were hunting E of her on Jenkins.  They arrived late and then held a conversation that kept all the deer away from them and Kathy.  No wonder neither she nor they fired a shot.

The boys on the other hand were filming a Rambo movie.  We each ended up shooting does.  I saw over ten deer - but only one buck.  It was N of the property line and too far away anyhow.

Alex sat on the overlook on Hole #5.  Eric did overwatch on Hole #16.  I sat on Hole #14's tee box.  

It was windy and breezy, but the deer were moving.  The high for the day was 39 degrees F (4 C) and the wind blew up to 40 mph (64 kph).  Yes it was chilly!

We arrived at 6:40 am.  Legal light for the day was 7:02 am.  But if you were looking into the woods, it was too dark to see.  Eric found this out when he bumped a deer that ran toward Kathy.  We did hear our first shot at 7:03.  The next at 7:04.

By 10 am we were loaded and heading for the barn and ready to warm up.  We cooked a pot of venison chili and ate some salami to top off the day.

Thanks to our sponsor Modelo for financing this hunt.



Kathy sitting at the bottom of Hole #15 in the "bowl"
She's relaxed because she will never fire a shot.

This squirrel is the extent of Kathy's activity this morning

My view facing E from the tee box of Hole #14.
I shot a large doe at the end of the weeds on the right-hand side - maybe 40 yards.

A rub on a small tree inside the woods

Eric's view of the overwatch on Hole #16 facing NE

Eric's view facing NW - where he will shoot his doe.
I'm sitting across that same pond, somewhere to the
top right-hand of this photo.


The crew with their haul for the day.



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