Ready For Archery Season To Start

I woke this guy up when I was running this morning. I'm freakin' pumped for October.

Bow is dialed in and I have been slinging arrows for the last two months, lowered my poundage down to 65lbfrom 70 after making a test draw last year in the mid thirties and really struggling to get it back.
Already have my opening morning and evening spots picked out, pretty much sitting on go and counting down at this point.

Spent the weekend dialing in my bow. Think I lost 10lbs in the process.

I definitely had the bug hit me as soon as the calendar rolled to August but until we get some cooler weather, I’ve tempered expectations.

Went and filled my feeders on my property Friday morning early and got the hell out of there.

My brother and I purchased 237 acres in NE MO back in May. I’m looking forward to hunting it but I haven’t had a chance to get back up there and scout around. I have an outage I’ll be running the first few weeks of September then I’ll work remotely until mid January. Plan on spending the last week of October- Thanksgiving in MO, then come home and hunt my property down here the remainder of the year.

I’ve been saying I’m going to shoot my bow the last 3 weeks but it’s just too hot. My bow hunting days in the Deep South are over. All my bow hunts will be in MO and KS from here on out. May make a hunt in Ozona if I have time. Haven’t hunted our place there in a couple seasons. My brothers and nephew have all killed big deer the last 2 seasons down there. Will play it by ear.

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I like a classic october hunt, just for ole time sake. I usually pass on deer because always does with little ones. Just getting out. Getting camp bugs ironed out.

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I hear ya EF. If we get a little cool spell in October I’ll make a couple sits on my place in Louisiana.

Funny thing is, when I was heavy into bow hunting, I always seemed to kill a very good buck that second or third week of October when a little 2 day cold snap would come in. Lows high 40s and highs mid 60s. I’d have to go back and check but there was a stretch of seasons where I got a mature buck archery in October and the week of muzzleloader.

Every season I take that first week of muzzleloader off and out of the last 6 seasons, I’ve killed a nice mature buck 4 out of the 6.

This season I’ll miss LA primitive weapon. I’ll be hunting our place in NE MO the last week of October to Thanksgiving.

Man, I’m fired up despite this hellish weather. God has really blessed my brothers and I along with my nephews not only in regards to hunting and fishing but life in general.

I don’t post hardly any during hunting season like I used to, so if I don’t see y’all around, I hope everyone has a safe successful hunting season. It’s not all about what you harvest. I can tell you the time spent with my brothers and nephews while hunting and fishing is priceless. Our dad raised us well, at least I think so. He’s be gone for over a decade now. I wish he would’ve gotten to see and experience hunting the properties my brothers and I have purchased over the years. We worked hard and did what we set out to do: purchase our own dirt along that MS river in NELA & MO. We were able to purchase a great deer and Turkey track in the Ozona area as well. Beyond grateful and very fortunate.

I quit bow hunting when I moved to South Texas. We will be in triple digits for at least another month and usually in the low to mid 90's for the beginning of bow season. Way too damn hot.

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This year we have 6 days of bowhunting before the squirrel hunters come.

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I'd rather be able to squirrel hunt those six days. The acorns don't really start dropping heavy until 2nd or 3rd week of October where I hunt.

Quesadilla, do you still have the same cell #?

Well my bow season has ended before it started. I tore my rotator cuff a couple of weeks ago so shoulder surgery is in my near future. Going to try to hang stands and plant food plots before having surgery. Good luck to everyone.