So this is my first controlled shotgun hunt. I've been out three times this week, and have nothing to show for it.
I have a good boss, who has let me work messed up hours, so that I could go hunting. I went out Monday, Wed, and today. I didn't see anything all week except for today. The property that I hunt usually has a lot of deer, but this year, there are no good crops planted in the area, so the deer have moved a little. There's also a massive amount of coyotes.
Two interesting things happened to me today that I thought I would share with you.
The first thing caught me a little by surprise. I was walking along the edge of a creak in a swampy area, and came across two dead coyotes. Someone had blasted them, and left there there to rot. I though there was a bounty for coyotes in Inisfill?
The second thing was a first for me.. I was doing a little run and gun, and came across a two does that where about 75 yards out, behind some scrub brush. So i sat down and was waiting to see if they where going to move into a position where I could get a shot. Then suddenly this massive doe come crashing though the bush from behind me, and runs by about 40 yards out. So I let out a loud grunt to try to get her to stop, or at least slow down. Then I here this yipping noise. Sure as there's two black dogs running shoulder to shoulder about 40 yards behind this doe. They spooked up the two does I was interested in. So there goes my only chance this season at getting a deer with the shotgun.. For the next hour I listened to these to damb dogs chasing the deer around the bush!!
Ah well. Still have another month with the bow..