One Special Evening

This evening was one where God again made things fall into place.  I was able to harvest my third deer of the season, a small doe (who looks even smaller because of picture angle).  The shot, my longest ever made, was 100 yards (it's NC woods okay!) with my .30-30 Winchester 94.

And while getting a deer is a blessing, this is not the main reason that this night was special.  It was that this was the first hunt my mom had ever done with me.  She was mostly there to observe, but it made no difference to me whether she's shooting or not.  She was there with me, and that's all that mattered.  

She apparently came at the right time too.  We had been in the stand for around 30 minutes and we saw a doe feeding off the opposite side of the field we were next too.  We watched her for five minutes, and she went away.  Only a couple minutes later, 3 more does came into the field, this time closer to us.  While they did not present a shot from the stand, I was able to climb down and shoot while she watched the action from above.  She's now experienced the thrill of the hunt, and I hope she'll come back for more.

Trail Camera- a Good Buy For Anytime

Hello!  This will be short and sweet.  I wanted to say that one of the camera's I have recommended in the past, the Axe 2 by Wildgame Innovations, has apparently been phased out, at least in name.  I think the WI Red 4 is the next generation of the Axe 2.  Both are about the same price, and both should do very well for a budget camera.  See you later!