I haven’t done a lot of deer hunting this season. For one reason or another, I just haven’t had a lot of opportunities to get out for our local blacktails. But this weekend will change all that. Holly will be joining Kat and myself up at the place I call “Kokopelli Valley” for a last hurrah, B-zone deer hunt!
Typically, odds of success on public land are pretty danged low, and I really expected this trip to go the same way. But over the last couple of days it’s pretty obvious that the rut is wide open around here right now, which translates into “all bets are off” on the deer up where we’ll be. Lots of good signs going in, even if I haven’t hunted there in a couple of years. The weather is right, with cold mornings and moderate days, and there’s a major weather system coming in early next week. The deer should be moving, and if the road-warriors and idjits will give us half a chance, we’ll be in the deer in a big way!
I’m just a little bit stoked! Last time I went up to Kokopelli Valley feeling like this, here’s what happened:
If all goes well, at least one of us will have something like this to show for our efforts this weekend.
And if not, well… it’s the hunt, not the kill that really matters. We’ll have a good time in some beautiful country, and that is its own reward.
See ya’ll on Monday!
I hope that both and Holly and yourself are successful this weekend.
The weather around my neck of the woods is looking incredible as well. I can’t wait to get out.