Not a hunting or fishing or travel adventure, but something entirely different. Some of you may know (or have already seen), in fact. I am excited to announce that I have started a stationery company (and Etsy shop), centered on my love of the outdoors – Wilderness Paper Co.
I know… It seems like I let deer season go out with a fizzle, and not with a bang. I did do a fair amount of hunting after the big doe I shot, and had my sights set on ending the season with a really nice buck. My efforts proved to be futile, though, as I saw only does on the remainder of my hunts. Plus, nothing too exciting happened on them, so taking photos/recapping each hunt wasn’t a big priority. You’d have been quite bored, I am sure.
Hi friends! I hope everyone had a happy happy Turkey Day & ate as much delicious food as we did… And had even more turkey sandwiches with the leftovers, naturally… Delish!
Celebrating my 28th with this guy the night before a duck hunt
How about this weather, huh? And how typical is it of good ol’ South Carolina? I had on shorts yesterday and just about need long underwear today. Speaking of chilly weather, a nice little front moved in over the weekend and we were able to do quite a bit of hunting in the newly crisp weather. I sat in the deer stand most of the weekend, and even squeezed in a quick dove hunt on Saturday afternoon for opening day of the second season. I was only in the field for about 45 minutes since I wanted to get in the deer stand a little early, but I shot a few times and managed to knock down 3 doves.
Hi, friends! I hope everyone’s week has gotten off to a good start… Is anyone else already ready for Friday? Like more than usual? I know I am. Why, you ask? This past weekend was filled with activity and quite a bit of hunting. Shocking. I know. I am so predictable. BUT. I am extra fired up for several reasons…
Oh, hello again! Are you ready for round 2 of my weekend recap? As you know, I had a successful hunt on Friday evening, bagging a nice doe and thus beginning to refill our freezer. All antsy & bothered by the desire to shoot a nice buck, I headed back to the stand early Saturday morning to give it another try. With the rut getting underway, it was my hope that a love-struck buck would let down his guard and follow a doe right to my field. I saw a deer sneak across the field just before it was light enough to really see, but I guess I will never know what it was… Maybe it was a ghost, or maybe my eyes were just playing tricks on me. Who knows?
Happy Monday, friends! I hope everyone had a great weekend. The weather around here was absolutely perfect (and still is), and we were able to spend the entire weekend outside… And by “outside,” I mean I spent around 10 hours in the deer stand. Oops. But! It was actually a successful weekend for me on the deer hunting front – doe tag filled, freezer [on its way to being] filled again! Since we ran out of venison a few months ago and really haven’t had much time to do some serious deer hunting, it was definitely at the top of my to-do list to at least harvest a doe for us. And if a nice buck walked out instead? Well… I think you and I both know what I would do.
Over the weekend I made it my mission to spend some serious time in the deer stand. I haven’t been able to deer hunt much this season so far, and last weekend was perfect for it. Not hot at all, nice and overcast, and more than promising. “Promising,” you ask? Yes. After checking a few trail cams, I was after this guy:
Last weekend was spent hanging out in Georgetown, and it really was a great time. Despite the inclement weather we have been having around the Lowcountry, we managed to eek out a dove shoot and do a little pond fishing between rainstorms. I also made sure to check my trail cam, and do a little bit of scouting for deer season while I was there, just to see what kind of activity is going on now that the season is underway. Much to my delight, I had a handful of great videos & photos on my trail cam, found here.
