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Bow Season Opens Up In 9 Days

Aug 30, 2007 @ 08:41 pm by Moose

Are you ready? I hope so because time is short now. I know some of ya’s have to be like me and think it’s far to warm to deer hunt. I know if I could I’d probably be out there some but I suspect it will still be a few months before I can really think about deer hunting.

Deer are still in their summer routines with the bucks all bachelored up for the next little bit. They should be getting ready to start shedding the velvet for a polished set of horns and then the real battles for dominance should begin in earnest. The N&O had a great story about this in the Outdoor Section that is worth checking out. Here is an excerpt.

Bow hunting, as much as any outdoors pursuit, requires meticulous preparation being physically fit, well practiced and extremely knowledgeable about the equipment before going afield to hunt.
Veteran bowhunter Todd McDonald of Bahama has taken many quality whitetail deer with a bow and arrow. His secret to success isn’t found inside a bottle of scent and it doesn’t come from shooting the fastest bow on the market. Instead, he said, it comes from doing all the little things.
“For me, early bow season can be the best time for seeing some of my biggest bucks,” McDonald said. “Normally, bucks are still in their summer mode during early September, making this the best time of year to pattern their movement. I find the deer’s favorite food sources and hang my stands weeks before the season begins.”

They even interviewed one of the guys I hunt with Donnie Sides the Bow Specialist for Mace Sports in Mebane. You’ll have to go read the article to see what Donnie has to say but I’ll tell ya from experience Donnie knows his stuff.

I won’t be out there with a bow this year but I hope all of you who go out get ya a big one… well maybe not Donnie but he is hunting the same land I hunt.