Shovelbuck
Active Member
Our black powder season opened here today and we were greeted with an ice storm. Sort of ironic that last years season ended with a bad ice storm and then we were blessed with a 1/4 inch of the nasty stuff when leaving this morning.
None the less, we had to get out for the opener. My son and I skated the seventeen miles to our hunting spots. We arrived a bit late but since it was so cloudy, daylight was coming late also. After dropping my son off at his blind, I headed over to mine only to find that the wind had pulled up the stakes on one side. I had no flashlight, so there I was on my hands and knees trying to find the stakes in the dark. As luck would have it, I found them and put them back in there place.
At about 8:00, a pair of does appeared in the tall grass I was looking over. The closest they were going to get was a bit over a hundred yards, but when the lead doe stopped I sent the 425 grain , lusty lump of lead on it's way. It was all over after a 60 yard dash.
None the less, we had to get out for the opener. My son and I skated the seventeen miles to our hunting spots. We arrived a bit late but since it was so cloudy, daylight was coming late also. After dropping my son off at his blind, I headed over to mine only to find that the wind had pulled up the stakes on one side. I had no flashlight, so there I was on my hands and knees trying to find the stakes in the dark. As luck would have it, I found them and put them back in there place.
At about 8:00, a pair of does appeared in the tall grass I was looking over. The closest they were going to get was a bit over a hundred yards, but when the lead doe stopped I sent the 425 grain , lusty lump of lead on it's way. It was all over after a 60 yard dash.
