First Hunt of the Season

So I woke up at about 4:30am to get ready to go hunt the Silver Springs area.  The night before I had washed my hunting clothes in Primos Silver XP Scent Eliminator, I also used the shower wash and spray on the clothing I couldn't throw in the wash.  I have Rage 3 mechanical broadheads on three of my arrows currently.  I have a Primos can caller and a set of plastic antlers that I took off of my practice buck.

So I arrived at the sign in cabin.  There are a set of rules for the area.  There are two sections B and C.  I will post the link for the map of the area below.  I have hunted B last year and planned on using this area again this year.  You are allowed 10 hunters for the whole area, not 10 each section.  I got there at about 5:15am to find that the area has already been filled.  I was pretty disappointed about this.  The earliest hunter signed in at 4:25am, looks like I should have gotten there earlier.

Silver Springs Hunting Map

I packed it in and decided to hunt the back yard.  There is plenty of room here and it is about 7 minutes from the area I wanted to hunt.  I have spotted a number of deer crossing the empty corn field behind the property a few times.  I set up shop on the deck and started a few calls and a little antler rattling.  I did this a little bit on and off but I made sure not to over do it.

After about an hour of motionless sitting I saw three does come out from behind a tree.  I got so excited my hands started shaking.  I've heard of this happening before so I calmed my nerves down a bit and waited to see if they would cross the fence into the yard.  The deer were about 120 yards away, too far for me to take with my bow.  They started walking farther away so I attempted a little call and rattle.  The stopped, moved a little more sideways and a little closer.  I thought for sure they would cross the fence but ended up taking off the other way.

A little while later I noticed a big buck a ways away.  I waited to see where he would go and crossed over into the farmers field.  I did a little calling and rattling, he stopped.  I got down off the deck to see where he was headed because I lost him in the tree.  By the time I got to see behind the tree he was gone.

I stayed out there until about 9 am and packed it in.  Not a terrible day, at lease I saw some deer, which is better then I did last year.  I'm looking forward to Tuesday morning.  I want to get out there on a weekday when I may be able to get the jump on the other guys.

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