I can sum up my gun opener with two words: no deer.  Jeff’s son and I sat the entire day, with a minor break for lunch and to allow the younger ones to warm up, and still didn’t see anything.  We were surrounded by shots, and Jeff had deer around him all day, but Tyler D. and I didn’t see anything.

Jeff and his step-son, Tyler G., had a great day, however.  Jeff managed to put down a huge swamp donkey ( a doe), and Tyler had a few cool experiences as well:  he was surrounded by deer all day, got to see a buck running does for his first time, and missed on two separate chances at a spike.  Even so, though, he was still very excited at the end of the hunting day, and after his early success this year, I’m hoping he’ll be addicted for life.

My sister had a successful opening morning as well.  She managed to down the second deer of her hunting career – a nice healthy doe.  The doe offered her a 15 to 20yd shot, and Melissa dropped her in her tracks.  Congrats, Lis.  And I guess we’ll forgive you for the evil joke you played on us.

Last night, my sister’s boyfriend, Justin, also put down a nice doe.  And my cousin, Ron, who’s had a rough archery season this year, was lucky enough to kill a doe last night as well.

The family has had a lot of early success, and the season is still early.  Hopefully, in the next few weeks, I can manage to put myself on the board as well.

Stay tuned!

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