Deer Opener

It was slug, deer opener in Minnesota this weekend. :)

I have been hunting deer, the first weekend of deer opener, since I was 12 years old. I always go hunting with my dad's side of the family. Grandpa, dad, my two uncles, and lately, my little brother is who our party hunt consists of. This year, Saturday morning consisted of me not making it up in time to go sit before the sun came up - I was wayyy to tired! :( BUT, I was the first one of our group to get one right after dinner, in the spot we call "The 80!" It was an anterless buck, meaning it had less than 3 inch spikes, so we had to use one of our doe tags, but still, it was at least something! It was the first one I had a shot at for the day, and I didn't miss so I was a happy camper!

In our family, the rule is, "if you kill it, you clean it" so we hauled it back to the farm, hung it up in our normal spot and I got ready to gut it. It wasn't my best job of gutting a deer, since I was a year out of practice, but I didn't make too much of a mess! :)

Saturday night was rainy, so I decided to not sit for sunset. Plus, already getting one convinced me that I wouldn't have to sit through the "crappy" weather and freeze.