Yup, the Matthews has been limbered up, the miniblasters have new blades and I'm lookin' at puttin' a little corn out this next week.
Haven't seen any really nice bucks yet but I know they are there and still growing. I use tree stands until after the rut and then hunt from the ground in double bull blinds, hoping to take a nice fall gobbler before Thanksgiving.
Been bow hunting off and on since I was 13. I am now 60 but still am able to more than handle a 70lb LX. Can't remember the number of deer I have killed with a bow but if I get lucky with a gobbler this year, it will be no. 16 (53 overall).
Yup, I STAY ready. But in the meantime...I stalk the specks at night.
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