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Well after watching several deer both mornings and evenings and not seeing any of the bigger bucks i had on camera i decided id put some meat in the freezer with the next buck i saw...this guy came in following a doe to my apple pile...made a 27 yrd shot with my compound bow..

Nice first deer man congrats!....i hunted with a compound bow for my first three seasons and never shot a deer I remember i was about to give it up ...so many highs and lows along the way...then when i shot my buck of a life time with my compound bow 20 yrs later it was a goal accomplished and it was an even better feeling !

The rush of the first deer is something none of us will ever forget. Congrats!

Congrats on your first buck. Looks like you have a prime spot to hunt. 

Finally got my first deer 45 minutes into the hunt Monday morning.  I had 8 does hanging out infront of me but decided I wasn't going to tag out on a doe less than an hour into the season, especially because I was hunting alone and didn't want to drag it out by myself.   Glad I waited,  all of a sudden this buck comes out of the woods on a mission right after 2 of the does.   Beautiful 9 pointer for the freezer

Finally got my first deer 45 minutes into the hunt Monday morning.  I had 8 does hanging out infront of me but decided I wasn't going to tag out on a doe less than an hour into the season, especially because I was hunting alone and didn't want to drag it out by myself.   Glad I waited,  all of a sudden this buck comes out of the woods on a mission right after 2 of the does.   Beautiful 9 pointer for the freezer

Way to go!
Nice to get it the first morning.

Congratulations, that's a nice one!

Congratulations on your first one! 
Thats a nice looking deer.
 

congrats on your buck very impressive for a first deer i hope that trend sticks  with you for many more seasons to come6

Congratulations on a beauty buck! Not a bad way to cut your teeth for sure! That is a trophy for anyone! If that was mine, I'd be getting Gunner-2 to do up a nice mount!

Finally got my first deer 45 minutes into the hunt Monday morning.  I had 8 does hanging out infront of me but decided I wasn't going to tag out on a doe less than an hour into the season, especially because I was hunting alone and didn't want to drag it out by myself.   Glad I waited,  all of a sudden this buck comes out of the woods on a mission right after 2 of the does.   Beautiful 9 pointer for the freezer

Finally got my first deer 45 minutes into the hunt Monday morning.  I had 8 does hanging out infront of me but decided I wasn't going to tag out on a doe less than an hour into the season, especially because I was hunting alone and didn't want to drag it out by myself.   Glad I waited,  all of a sudden this buck comes out of the woods on a mission right after 2 of the does.   Beautiful 9 pointer for the freezer

Finally got my first deer 45 minutes into the hunt Monday morning.  I had 8 does hanging out infront of me but decided I wasn't going to tag out on a doe less than an hour into the season, especially because I was hunting alone and didn't want to drag it out by myself.   Glad I waited,  all of a sudden this buck comes out of the woods on a mission right after 2 of the does.   Beautiful 9 pointer for the freezer

Finally got my first deer 45 minutes into the hunt Monday morning.  I had 8 does hanging out infront of me but decided I wasn't going to tag out on a doe less than an hour into the season, especially because I was hunting alone and didn't want to drag it out by myself.   Glad I waited,  all of a sudden this buck comes out of the woods on a mission right after 2 of the does.   Beautiful 9 pointer for the freezer

Finally got my first deer 45 minutes into the hunt Monday morning.  I had 8 does hanging out infront of me but decided I wasn't going to tag out on a doe less than an hour into the season, especially because I was hunting alone and didn't want to drag it out by myself.   Glad I waited,  all of a sudden this buck comes out of the woods on a mission right after 2 of the does.   Beautiful 9 pointer for the freezer

I’m sharing here good shotgun hunt, 930 this morning.234lbs.

Got my venison back today from the butcher.
Carcass weighed 85 pounds, and I got 48 pounds of boneless meat back, so worked out well.
And it really tastes great!

I bought a large GMC express van that runs on propane a few years back.  Best decision I have made.  Runs clean.  Low compression so the engine lasts longer (just passed the 800,000km mark), and best of all its as cheap to run as my old Dodge caravan but twice as big inside.  No real noticeable difference in power either

Bass, and pike for sure.  That end of the river is super deep in spots. Find the more shallow areas like under the QEW, or into Port Robinson  and you will find bass and pike.  I assume there is walleye in there as well but have never seen any on that end of the river myself

Fish for pike and bass and you'll catch a muskie.

That end of the river with the muddy water I find using a black or very dark lure works better. Can see it in the water like a shadow a little better than a bright color lure.  

Some of us guys and gals target pike, so lets see those pics.   Size does not matter. Always nice to see different markings of these toothie critters.