Deer season

I will have to admit I was almost to the point of giving up on rifle season all together. Archery season is my favorite time of year. I have not had any luck in rifle season since 2001 and that was my last shot and deer taken with a rifle. Well that has changed. I hunted this weekend through Monday morning. The plan was to hunt only a few hours on Monday then get back home to Emmy and the girls. I was pretty deterred only seeing a few deer the previous two long days of hunting. So Monday morning came and I had cut my time even more thinking I would only hunt two hours pack up and call it another year with a rifle. Needless to say as you can see by the pictures Monday did not go how I thought it was going to. At about 7:30 this guy got by me once without giving me a shot but he had something else on his mind. He started chasing a doe, and tried to pass by me for a second time which was his last mistake. This is my biggest buck to date and a very large deer for the area I hunt. I think that I will have to give rifle season a few more chances over the next few years. ( I have also take one doe as well in archery season so far this year)

Hopefully she will be my hunting partner in the future.

Maybe with out the teddy bear.

I just thought this angle made him look big.

I could have used Cadence when I had to drag him out of the swamp.