DELAWARE OPENING DAY REPORT

[Capt. Terry]

ANYWAY I HAD TO HIT THE GROUND FAST WITH WORK TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY AS I KNEW I WANTED TO HUNT FRIDAY AND HOPEFULLY SATURDAY AS WELL....
I HAVE A FELLOW THAT WORKS FOR OUR COMPANY PART-TIME. HE NAME IS MATT. HE LOVES THE OUTDOORS HUNTING AND FISHING & WHAT NOT. HE HAS JUST GOTTEN BACK FROM HIS THIRD TOUR IN IRAQ THREE WEEKS AND A COUPLE DAYS AGO......
HE BUSTS HIS A*S FOR OUR COMPANY, WHEN HE IS ON THE CLOCK.....
HE IS A FULL TIME ARMY NATIONAL GUARDSMAN AND DURING HIS FIRST TOUR IN IRAQ HIS WIFE DECIDES TO FIND A SUBSTITUE FOR THE TIME MATT IS GONE.....
HE GETS HOME, HIS DAUGHTER TELLS HIM ABOUT MOMMY'S "NEW BOYFRIEND".....NUFF SAID RIGHT
ANYWAY HE IS BACK ON HIS FEET NOW WITH A NEW FARM HOUSE IN DOVER DELAWARE AND JOINT CUSTODY OF HIS DAUGHTER.....THE FELLOW WORKS HARDER THAN TEN MEXICANS ANYDAY AND WHEN HE TOLD ME LAST WEEK HE NEEDED TO FILL PART TIME WORK ALL HE COULD I TOLD HIM I WOULD DO MY BEST TO KEEP HIM BUSY.....
THAT CONVERSATION LED INTO HIM NOT SHOOTING A DEER IN ALMOST 4 YEARS AND KNOWING THAT HE HAD FRIDAY OFF FROM THE BASE AND THAT HE WANTED TO HAVE PART-TIME WORK FOR THE DAY......I INVITED HIM DOWN TO OUR FARM AND TOLD HIM THAT HE COULD HAVE MY STAND FOR THE DAY......
SO YESTERDAY, HE MET ME AT HOCKER'S SUPERTHRIFT ON RT.26 @ 5AM GEARED UP AND I TOOK HIM AND PUT HIM IN THE STAND.....I HUNTED WITH HIM IN THE SAME WOODS OUT OF MY CLIMBER ABOUT 350 YARDS AWAY....I PAST A SMALL 6 POINTER AND TWO DOES THAT WERE TRAVELING TOWARDS MATT.....HOPING THAT HE WOULD GET A SHOT.
I GOT DOWN AT 9:15 AND TOLD HIM HE COULD STAY ALL DAY IF HE WANTED....
NEEDLESS TO SAY......IT WAS SPITTING SNOW, COLD AS A WITCHES TIT IN A SNOW MAN'S MOUTH, AND THE MOST OF THE DEER WERE PROBABLY BEADED DOWN AND THE OTHER SMALL PERCENT SCARED TO DEATH FROM ALL THE HUNTING PRESSURE FROM THE PAST WEEK OR SO NOT TO MENTION BOW PRESSURE FROM THE PRE-RUT....
HE SAID NO THATS OKAY.....I AM GOING TO CALL THE OFFICE AND SEE IF THERE ARE ANY DELIVERIES FOR HIM FOR THE DAY.....
I LOOKED AT HIM THANKED HIM FOR WHAT HE HAS DONE FOR OUR COUNTRY AND TOLD HIM HE ALREADY WAS GETTING A FULL DAYS PAY.....I JUST WANTED TO GET HIM IN THE WOODS FOR THE DAY.....

I JUST WISH I COULD FIND MORE EMPLOYEES LIKE THAT FELLOW....WHAT A GUY.

[Capt. Terry]

WELL I HAVE TO TELL YOU THE ALARM WENT OFF THIS MORNING AND I DIDN'T EVEN GET TO HARDLY HANG OUT WITH MY LITTLE BOY LAST NIGHT.....I STEPPED OUTSIDE.....MAN I SAW MY BREATH BEFORE I OPENED THE FRONT DOOR......
I WENT OUT TO THE SHED AND HAD PRETTY MUCH MADE UP MY MIND BY THE TIME I GOT THERE THAT I WAS HEADING BACK TO BED AND THAT DADDY WAS COOKING BREAKFAST THIS MORNING....
NO JOKE.....IT SAID 21 ON MY SHED THERMOMETER.....AIN'T NO WAY HAUS YOU ARE GOING TO CATCH ME SITTING IN A TREE THIS MORNING.......
THEN AFTER I GOT BACK IN THE HOUSE - THE MOST IRONIC THING WAS I COULD NOT GET BACK TO SLEEP.....
WELL I SAW SOME CLASSIC WHITETAIL HUNTS ON THE OUTDOOR CHANNELS, WHILE JTOCEAN WAS TEXTING MY BY 6:23 AM ABOUT DEER HE HAS ALREADY SEEN THIS MORNING IN THE WOODS.....JUST WHAT I WANTED TO HEAR RIGHT.....
SO BY THAT TIME I AM KICKING MYSELF IN THE BUTT FOR NOT GOING.....THEN IT STARTS SPITTING KNOS.......MAYBE I MADE THE WRONG CHOICE THIS MORNING......
THEN THIS AFTERNOON MY WIFE TELLS ME AROUND 12:30PM "DON'T FORGET ABOUT OUR DEPARTMENT'S WORK PARTY TONIGHT AT 5:30 AT "THE RANCH".....NUFF SAID
NO HUNTING TONITE......ANYWAY I HAD A BLAST SPENDING TIME WITH MY WIFE AND LITTLE BOY TODAY, WHO BY THE WAY ARE BOTH FAST ASLEEP NOW ON THE COUCH......
HEY ITS QUIET NOW.....HAHA

[Capt. Terry]

NOW IT'S SPITTING SNOW AGAIN - WITH A LIGHT NORTHWEST WIND ABOUT 34 DEGREES......MAN I WISH I COULD HAVE HUNTED TONIGHT!!!!!

SOMEBODY KILL A BOONIE AND POST IT UP SO THAT I CAN LIVE IT THROUGH THEIR HUNT....HA HA

COME ON JTOCEAN.............
........THE PRESSURE IS ON YOU BROTHER!! HA HA...

[Tenacious]

Terry, What a story and great job on the buck..I really enjoy hearing your stories. Your going to have a hard time beat that one

[WAHOONBOX]

ONE OF THE BEST HUNTING STORIES I HAVE READ IN QUITE SOME TIME THERE TERRY

STANDIUNG BY FOR THE JT UPDATE.......I DIDN'T KNOW HAUS WAS A HUNTER AS WELL.....WHERE THE HELL IS HE HIDING ANYWAY? HIS PLACE IS HERE!

[jtocean]

All i did was watch a small rack 8ptr on friday with 3 does, Sat morning same thing a small rack 8 and 2 does. I drew on one doe just to put something in the freezer(she was 20 ft. from the base of my stand.) but i let back down cause I heard something in the marsh behind me. It was a red fox that ran right up to my tree winded me then ran right back where it came from.
Desperite at this point I move my stand 100 yrds into a bottle neck closer to the marsh, where i've taken several photos of large bucks chasing does out to the open woods, all the while getting further from the tree where I missed that 9ptr 2 weeks earlier. Climb up the tree and wait til 11pm before coming down and getting some chow to ease the hunger pains.
Climb back up at 1:30pm with high hopes. Heard some grunts, even heard two bucks tango around 4:55. Then about dark:30, had two does stroll into the spread, one sniffed the pile of hot acorns that I dumped 15 yrds from my stand.....NO BUCKS!

Capt. Terry's been on a roll, but Marylands Rifle season opens next Sat. and I plan on sitting in the middle of the Marsh with scope in hand and 150yards of wide open marsh in every direction. I might even bring my Benelli for those close range Mallards that fly over my head in the deerstand.
I'll post some interesting deercam photos of what I'm chasing later on.
Bow season just wasn't meant to be for me, i guess I'll have to bring out the sniper rifle and smoke with the .30-06!

[Capt. Terry]

HE'S BEEN PUTTING IN HIS TIME BOX,......JTOCEAN I MEAN....
I HAVE TO COMPLIMENT HIM ON HAVING THE PATIENCE TO PASS UP SOME OF THE "SMALL RACK BUCKS" THAT HE HAS AFTER I HAVE SEEN PICS OF THEM ON HIS CAMERA.....AND AFTER THE LUCK THAT HE HAD WITH THE 9 POINTER....
I HAVE TO SAY I AM DEFINITELY PROUD OF HIM ON THAT NOTE ....
OH HE'S A HUNTER. HE'S GOT IT BAD AS WELL...

I EVEN OFFERED TO VIDEO TAPE HIS BUCK HUNT IN MD OUT OF THE BOX STAND.....MAYBE WE WILL HAVE A LIVE FOOTAGE KILL ON HERE BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK....

[Capt. Terry]

Terry, What a story and great job on the buck..I really enjoy hearing your stories. Your going to have a hard time beat that one

THANKS TENACIOUS.....NOTHING LIKE A LITTLE DETAIL..

I WAS HAVING A TIME WITH THIS 7 POINTER TRYING TO GET HIS A$S....... AND EVERY TIME I GOT HIM WITHIN 60 TO 70 YARDS.....I WAS JUST TRYING TO TELL IF HE WAS BIGGER THAN MY LAST 8 POINTER THAT I TOOK OFF OF THE SAME FARM, WHICH WAS BY FAR AT THAT POINT MY LARGEST BUCK......

WHICH BY THE WAY - I WOULD NOT BE THE LEAST BIT SUPPRISED, ESPECIALLY BY SOME OF EACH OF THEIR CHARACTERISTICS......IF THE 8 POINTER I HAVE ON MY WALL AIN'T THIS 7 POINTERS GRANDPOP.....OR UNCLE IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER......I WILL TRY AND GRAB A PIC OF THAT RASCLE AND POST IT FOR COMPARRISON....

HOPE EVERYONES HUNTS ARE GREAT!