Sitting here in the wind in Russell county.

No light needed walking in this morn with the full moon even so i still ran deer off the ridge i am hunting. Ive taken the whole weekend off with a cough. Hopefully i can not cough for long enough this morn to see something. Ive got a doe in the freezer so im buck hunting for a little while

Just got in here in Macon county. Almost 100% sure there were two bucks fighting (nothing intense) behind me a second ago.

Sitting here watching a few white oaks and some water oaks. Spooked deer walking in this morning.

Hunting Black Warrior this morning. Set up on 2 logging roads coming together in the wide open hardwoods. White Oaks are falling pretty good this morning and the bucks are starting to chase a little. Good luck y'all.

Had a very very nice 10pt come by chasing a doe. Got as close as 16 yds, and never had a shot after I realized how big he was. Maybe they will run back through.

Just shot a doe but hit her back a little. Gonna go find her in a couple of hrs

Just had three does cross behind me

Maybe he will man.

After hunting all day Friday and Saturday at black warrior and only seeing one doe I am back at cahaba. On a high bluff overlooking a creek. Took me a while to find this spot so I'm gonna stay till noon or so. Maybe later if I don't get too thirsty.

Had 4 bucks pass by about 7 this morning. One looked to be a good 8 pointer. Had I gone up the ridge another 30 yds I would have had a shot!

I got down at 10. Didn't see squat

Shot a 9 point. Pics to come later when I get better service

Sat on a road and could see the end of a big field. 2.5 hours and nothing. Decided to walk the field and see if anything was at the other end. Walked up on a spotted fawn that was alone. Tried to slip off to the tree line and it saw me. I waited to see if any body guards came out to see who the bully was.....Guess they stayed in their "safe places"...Better than yesterday. All I saw then were 6 beagles that someone set out to raise holy hell for awhile.

Congrats guys, I slipped out for a sandwich, bout to get right back in

Found my doe. Shot was back and a little low. She didn't go 100 yards and bedded up and died. Now time to get the traeger fired up and smoke some fresh tenderloin. First year really bowhunting and second kill. Now bring on duck season.

Hung up my bow today Trying to get my kid his first deer. Siting in a shooting house with a little green showin in the dirt patch. Good luck and stay safe.

2pm oak ridge near bedding area. Crazy wind. Good luck.

Saw a doe and a yote this morning. Then I had some jack wang come in and shoot his rifle 8 times right behind me. It nearly caused me to fall out of my stand.

Hunting a thick oak-ey bottom with hardly a shot past 15 yards. Figured I had a good combo here of cover, a small spring, and large oak trees.

Sitting on the edge of a nasty cutover.

Son I bet your eyes are tired after glassing that all day.

Man you ain't kidding. You have to really be on your toes in this stuff

Hunting Bankhead National Forest this afternoon. I'm set up in some 4 year old burnt pines. Trails everywhere and this one lone red oak they are hitting pretty hard. I may get caught drawing if it's more than one set of eyes, due to having zero cover. We will see. Good luck y'all.

To my left at 130 yards. My truck!

Sitting in some pines with some scattered throughout them. Hunted here twice this weekend d already and haven't seen a thing. Theres tons of trails running through here though.

Saw a 4 point at Cahaba that was downwind of me. He winded me and started blowing and that was pretty much the end of my hunt.

Boatload of squirrels and chipmunks and that's it. Rough start to the year so far, seen more seer walking to my stand than in it.

Hunted corps land today for my first sit of the year. Ended up seeing two does and a fawn, 2 gobblers, 2 dillos, and the biggest boar I've seen in person. No shots on the deer or boar. Great first sit of the season

You're going to be tagged out before gun season comes in. Let's see those pics.

Saw a spike and a doe. Doe was to far to shoot.

My story from this morning. I ran deer out walking in. Got in my stand as quiet as possible. At 7:00 I hear deer coming but can't see them at first. i catch movement through the cover and see them headed my way. They make a turn to their right away from me and circle back in behind me. With the cover of the trees I can only catch a glimpse of them every now and then. They are at about 25yds but I can barely see them. I can tell both are bucks but no clue how big or how small. I do know that one has a much larger body than the other and I can see more tines sticking up. All of a sudden I see them snap their heads up. I look at the sting tied on my stabilizer and the wind has changed directions and is blowing right to them. They didn't spook or do anything crazy but they did know that something just wasn't right. They turned and started to leave but were not in a rush. I find a hole to shoot through and as the bigger of the 2 walk in the opening he just happened to stop. He was HARD quartering away. I figured I could sneak my arrow right in front of his hind quarter and catch the last rib and it would be over. I made sure I was settled in good and everything felt right and I turned her loose. That's when things went south. I hit him right in the hind quarter. They both bolted out of there. At this point I am furious with myself. I was completely confident that I could make that shot as I have many times before. I started texting a few buddies to see what they thought. My only hope was that I hit the femoral artery. I sat in the stand for 2 hours and had planned on giving him more time than that but I looked with my binos and picked up a LOT of blood where I shot him. I decided to climb down and investigate a little closer. After seeing all the blood and following the blood trail a short piece I decided to go ahead and trail him. He went about 80-90yds and was done. It was an easy trail to follow. When I found him I seen that the tip of the rage had barely poked through right behind his offside shoulder. I took a close look when cleaning him and I had cut the artery, passed through his guts, got his liver and one of his lungs. The rage extreme done its job and it was a good reminder why I started shooting heavier arrows instead of lighter,faster arrows like I use to. He doesn't have the biggest rack but he weighed 175lbs and we figured him to be a 4 year old.

Congrats Darryl! Thanks for sharing the story. nice buck!

Congrats!

Congrats Darryl.

Congrats!

Congrats

Congrats man

Congrats Darryl!

Congrats Darryl