Well this summer we added on to the duck pond. We made it a lot bigger. The problem that we have now is that duck season starts in 1 month and the pond is empty. We made it bigger in June and its now November and it is still empty. This year has been unusual because we have had almost no rain all summer and fall. I think there might be 1 inch of water in the bottom of the pond and it’s supposed to be about 3 feet deep. It is going to take a lot of rain to get the pond to fill up. Hopefully it happens soon though because we really want to use it for this season and shoot some ducks and geese. The whole reason we made it bigger was to give us a chance at shooting some geese and more ducks. If it’s empty we won’t have any chance at shooting either from it.
The last couple weeks and this week are the deer rut. This means that the bucks and does are mating. This is the best time to shoot a large buck because they are so full of testosterone that they don’t pay attention to their surroundings as much. I have been in the woods as much as I can, but I haven’t had a chance to shoot anything big because where I’m hunting there aren’t a lot of deer. I am working on getting permission for different woods to hunt in and if I don’t get permission, I’m still going to move my stand to another location that I like. Almost every night though I have been watching a big 10 point and big 8 point in a field by my house. I am trying to get permission for the woods next to the field but so far I haven’t been given the permission let’s hope I get it though.
Two Days ago my brother in-law shot a button buck but he hit it in the stomach so we weren’t able to find it until the next day. By then it had been chewed on by some animals and it was pretty nasty. Hopefully next time he shoots something he'll hit it in a vital spot and it won’t be able to run so far. He did make the other mistake though of getting out of his stand too soon after shooting the deer. After he shot the deer, it laid down about 40 yards from him. If he would have left it lay there it would have laid there and died. His mistake was to get up and look for the deer right after he shot it. He spooked the deer away before it died and it ran for a long ways.
Last Thursday Cory shot another big buck. If it seems that he shoots a big buck every year it’s because he does. He is one of the only people I know that just has a knack for knowing where big deer are going to be and shooting them. This year he shot a really wide 8 pointer. Like with his last buck I am going to mount the antlers on a plaque and make them look good for him. I’ve gotten pretty good at mounting deer antlers on plaques and doing a great job on them. The way I do it is also very inexpensive so it saves money. I will do it for anyone the wants also. Two Weeks ago Tim shot a doe. He had been planning on shooting any deer just to get some deer meat in the freezer so when a big doe walk by him he took it.
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