Saturday was the day to sight in my new toy (see old post). It was really off and took me a box to get it dead on at 50 yards. It was pretty close at 100 so I felt confident in my job. Big Dale and I went out to the blind about 4:30 but we spooked the heard on our way up. Three bucks and two tiny yearlings showed up near dark- but no others. Dale suggested we get up pre-dawn and try a morning hunt. I’m game, we did it last time. About 6:30am we were in the same blind and started to see the wildlife. A few turkeys were nearby and the same bucks from last night came in at 7:30. Nothing else until near 8. About that time the herd “appeared”. Anyone who has watched deer can tell you, they are like ghosts. They just show up from thin air. We picked out a few doe options and I decided on an older one. Even at 80 yards you could tell it was a big one. 5 or 8 minutes on scope to make sure there were no other deer in the way (the 30-06 does a clean thru-n-thru on basically anything in Texas) and now there is one less deer in the Hill Country.
It weighed in at 120 on the tripod. It dressed to about 95. I am getting sausage links, summer sausage, dry sausage, fajita meat, and the backstrap. It will probably be about $200 to process but it will be a *lot* of meat.
Sunday afternoon was football. I was dragging and debating going home during the Indy-New England game, but stuck it out to see Peyton finally win a big game. A shame too, I really did want the Patriots to go for 4 Super Bowl wins in 6 years.
And now I work for a few days. I have to prep for my cruise to Mexico this week and we are moving to a new work facility the end of next week. Fun Fun.
Enjoy your Monday everyone.