First Gun Season

The Monday after Thanksgiving is Opening Day of gun season in PA.

It was the perfect morning. We had our first snow. The stars were aligned. I was excited. 

Hubby and I got up at 4:30 and headed to the woods. By 6am, my Marlin Model 1894C and I were in my treestand waiting for the sun to come up.  Just before sunrise, I started to see deer. I even saw a piebald deer (later found out it was an 8 point), but it was still dark enough that I wasn't able to see any antlers on the deer. I probably saw 20 does before 9am.  There were many shots that morning. But none were mine. Since I had shot a doe during archery season, I can only shoot a buck. (I forgot to send in for our bonus doe tags. You can bet I won't forget that next year.)

Beautiful morning. Picture from my treestand before the clouds cleared.

I got out of my treestand at about 10 o'clock. I was a bit chilly, thanks to the wind picking up after sunrise.  After that we all reconvened to get a game plan. The guys I was with were set on trying to help me get a deer since it is my first rifle season. So it was decided they would do a little pushing of the deer. I was always placed in a spot to hopefully get a deer.  Again all I saw was doe. 

The first Saturday was a more productive day.  There was 7pt, another got a 5pt, a doe and hubby got a button buck. These 4 deer were the only deer I saw that day.

Today and tomorrow are our last days of gun season. I'm not sure if I will get out today, but I will be out there tomorrow in the rain. So hopefully I will see some buck and be able to get a shot.