Hunting deer with a bow

This morning I got up around 5:45 and went out to sit with my uncle in a blind waiting for some white tail deer.

This is the first time I can remember getting into a blind and waiting for deer to get close enough to shoot with a bow. I’m pretty sure that means its the first time I’ve ever done it, since you need to be ridiculously still and quiet; I would not have been able to do that when I was too young to remember.

It was really interesting and kind of fun, but in a once-in-a-while sort of way. I don’t think I could make a regular habit of it, and for some reason I get the feeling it’s a lot nicer with two people than one.

When we first got into the blind, it looked something like this:

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Later it got lighter out, but I didn’t bring my camera on account of the noise would have spooked the deer before we could get a chance to take a shot.

It’s really pretty early in the morning while the sun is coming up, and it’s really kind of cool to see the deer wake up and get moving, and the doves fluttering around. My uncle managed to hit a deer, and we’re going to go track it down later.