[kev]

This was the first day of rifle season here in Texas. Bow (archery) season started the first weekend of October.

This morning had a tough of fog, but not too bad. A cold front came through earlier in the week, but the air was already returning off of the Gulf of Mexico. This morning was about 50 degrees, not cold, but just cool enough to feel nice.

Friday night my wife, kids and I had some company over and a camp fire in the backyard - where we roasted hot dogs and marsh mellows. I did not get to bed until around 1am.

The alarm went off at 5am, Kristy kept hitting the snooze button until almost 6am. I got up, got my shower and headed out. I guess it was around 6:45 when I got in the stand.

This picture was taken a few minutes after I got in the stand.

Around 7:45 2 does showed up

I did not want to take a doe, so I took pictures instead. Korey would get more satisfaction of of taking a doe then I would. But he did not go this morning. The two does walked around the feeder for almost 30 minutes. Then they got spooked and ran off. Around 9am I went ahead and got out the stand, met up with dad and a friend that hunts with us, then went on home.

Korey and I will be heading out this evening to go on an evening hunt, but we are going to a different stand then I went to this morning.

 

[aek0004]

Beautiful pictures, I love East Texas! Good luck on getting a big buck, I get to try agian at the end of the month here in Oregon.

 

[Altarboy]

Hey Kev, is your feeder one of the ones that spins the cupped disc thingy and broadcasts the corn in a large circle? I have one and it attracts turkey, squirrel, racoon, and never any deer. Only my camoed tube in a pan feeders attract deer. I think it's the noise. And it will put yer eye out!

 

[300WSM]

Kev good luck with your season happy hunting man.

 

[timber runner]

great pictures, but for the life of me i can not see how shooting a deer thats eatting out of a feeder hunting, but to each there own

 

[Reality Czech]

great pictures, but for the life of me i can not see how shooting a deer thats eatting out of a feeder hunting, but to each there own

Maybe us Texans are just more "civilized",.....we always furnish the last meal for those about to be executed.:
jj

 

[dayliterun]

Maybe us Texans are just more "civilized",.....we always furnish the last meal for those about to be executed.:
jj

Must be...it is illegal here to hunt over a feeder or feeding area.

 

[test]

Must be...it is illegal here to hunt over a feeder or feeding area.

Illegal to feed em in Wisconsin... or to hunt over a salt lick

 

[Altarboy]

It's illeagal in Tennessee also. Maybe it's leagal where there are too many deer and more pop-control is needed?

 

[jbowen9]

illegal in virginia also and we have deer populations that are over run

 

[unknownroot]

Glad someone is hunting, I fell sick a day before deer season started.