Tuesday morning I left camp at 5:15 am for my 4 wheeler ride in and my walk to my stand, I arrived at my stand at 6:30 full of anticipation. It was dead calm and 23 degrees. I sat for 11 1/2 hours and saw 7 deer. 1 doe, 2 fawns, and 4 bucks...no shooters.
Wednesday it was windy and 19 degrees. I sat for the same 11 1/2 hours and saw 1 spike at 4:20 in the afternoon, that was it for the day.
Thursday I sat until noon when I had yet to see a deer so I decided to hang a scent wick of Wildlife Research Center Trails End #307...I climbed back into my stand and about 2 o'clock here come a deer to the scent wick, I noticed a rack through the spruce and tamarack trees so I go my video camera on and got my gun out the window of the blind. I don't know if it was the slow deer hunting or what but I decided that I was going to shoot this buck, not one I was really looking to shoot, but I honestly felt he was older when I shot. Either way, I am proud of him and am happy to punch my tag on a wild state land buck from the deep woods. Only bummer is I am done with my big woods hunting for the year and have to wait until next year to have that experience again. Here are a few pics of camp and my 2011 rifle kill
