DELAWARE OPENING DAY REPORT

[Capt. Terry]

WELL I WAS IN THE TREE STAND THIS MORNING AT 5:30 AM BRIGHT AND EARLY......LIKE TO GET AN EARLY START ON EM SO THAT I AM SETTLED IN BEFORE THE REST OF THE YAHOOS ON THE FARMS AROUND ME PULL DOWN THEIR ROADS AND RIDE THEIR 4-WHEELERS BACK TO THEIR STANDS AT 5:59 AM........
"WHAT THE HEAK IS THAT ALL ABOUT"
NO JOKE - I WATCHED TRUCK AFTER TRUCK THROUGH THE WOODS AND ACROSS 3/4 OF A MILE OF MY PARENTS FIELDS THIS MORNING PULLING INTO THE NEIGHBORS PROPERTIES BETWEEN THE TIME OF 5:45 AM TO 6:00 AM.
DID SOMEONE FORGET THE TELL THESE CLOWNS TO SET BACK THEIR CLOCKS LAST WEEK....
ANYWAY THEN THE LAZY AS*ES GET ON THEIR 4-WHEELERS AND RIDE THEM ACROSS 40 ACRES OF FIELDS TO THEIR LADDER STANDS ON THE EDGE OF THE WOODS.
I DIDN'T EXACTLY WATCH THEM DO THIS, BUT KNOWING THE LAY OUT OF ALL THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES AND THE SOUND OF THE 4-WHEELERS I CAN PRETTY WELL PINPOINT WHERE THEY WERE HEADING.
ANYWAY TO MY HUNTING STORY......
6:28 AM 2 GRUNTS THEN ALL HOCKEY STICKS BREAKS LOOS COMING THROUGH THE WOODS NOT 75 YARDS BEHIND ME....
HERE WE GO MAYBE THE ONE THAT IS MAKING THESE HUGE SCRAPES UP AND DOWN THROUGHOUT OUR WOODS....MAYBE
WE IF HE WOULD HAVE SLOWED DOWN MAYBE I COULD TELL YOU EXACTLY HOW MANY POINTS......
DAG'ON THEY REALLY GO CRAZY OVER THAT 'TANG'....
I REALLY THINK HE JUMPED THESE TWO DOES AND IT NEVER LET UP AFTER THAT....
HE CHASED THEM PAST ME ON MY RIGHT SIDE 50 YARDS OUT THROUGHOUT THE WOODS BUSTING THROUGH HOLLY BUSHES AND BRIAR KNOTS.......
NOTHING STOOD A CHANCE IN HIS WAY.
THEY MADE A FIGURE 8 IN THE WOODS - HE WAS GAINING GROUND ON THE TWO DOES TOO....
THE DOES MADE A RIGHT TURN AND HEADED OUT FOR THE BACK FIELD BEHIND THE WOODS.....WITH HIM STEAMING RIGHT ON THEIR STERNS....
I PICKED ME GUN UP FOR ABOUT THE THIRD TIME HERE AND I THOUGHT IF I CAN JUST STOP HIM (LIKE I STOOD THE CHANCE HERE)...
I GRUNTED TWICE FLIPPED A BLEAT CAN THREE TIMES AND WHISTLED .......HE ACTUALLY NEVER EVEN NEW I EXISTED.....
HE FOLLOWED THEM OUT TO THE FIELDS ALL AROUND IN CIRCLES....THE TWO DOES FINALLY SPLIT - HE PURSUED ON BACK TO THE BACK OF THE FIELD....NATURALLY I LOST SIGHT OF HIM.....NOT TWO MINUTES WENT BY BOOM................BOOM.........ANOTHER 30 SECONDS GOES BY AND ......BOOM.........I AM THINKING EITHER HE MISSED OR HE'S FINISHING HIM OFF.......I HOPE HE SHOT THE DOE HAHAHAHAHA.......NO IF HE GOT HIM I AM HAPPY FOR HIM....
ANY WAY HAD A SPIKE FOLLOW A YOUNG DOE THROUGH AT ABOUT 35 YARDS.....20 MINUTES LATER I SAW 2 DOES ABOUT 80 YARDS PASSING THROUGH....
THEN ABOUT 7:40 A LITTLE BASKET 6 POINT.....THAT WAS THE EXTENT OF IT THIS MORNING.....
A FEW FRIENDS SHOT ME TEXT PICS OF DEER SHOT THIS MORNING INCLUDING TUNABITE WHO TOOK A NIE 8 POINT - I AM SURE HE WILL POST THE PIC....
THE GENERAL AREA WHERE I WAS HUNTING THIS MORNING IS ABOUT 1.5 MILES FROM A HUGE STATE WILDLIFE REFUGE WITH 76 DEER STANDS IN IT - WHICH BY THE WAY WERE EVERYONE OCCUPIED THIS MORNING, BECAUSE I WENT DOWN THERE AFTER I GOT OUT OF THE WOODS AND CHECKED THE BOARD.....
THIS OPENING MORNING IS THIS AREA IS USUALLY GOOD FOR 50 TO 60 ROUNDS OF SHOTS IN THE AIR.......
NEEDLESS TO SAY I COUNTED LESS THAN 20 THIS MORNING....
OHHHHH THE RUT IS ON, BUT THE TEMPS ARE WARM AND WE GOT DUMPED ON WITH ANOTHER RAIN STORM LAST NITE....
I WAS LIKE HUNTING IN A SAUNNNNNNNNA STEAM ROOM THIS MORNING....FOG EVERYWHERE..
WATER DRIPPING OFF THE TREES.....SILENT IN THE WOODS....EXCEPT FOR THE CRASHING SOUNDS OF BUCKS CHASING 'TANG'......
BY THE WAY I ARROWED A RACOON YESTERDAY MORNING AT 25 YARDS AND THAT BANDITTED RASCLE GROWLED FOR LIKE 20 SECONDS AFTER I SHOT HIM AND THEN FLIPPED OUT AND STARTED SCREAMING BLOOOOOOODY MURDER (SERIOUSLY) FOR ABOUT 8 OR 9 SECONDS NOT QUITE 10 AND THEN THE WOODS WENT SILENT......
I THINK THAT WAS HIS LAST WILL AND TESTIMENT TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT I WAS UP IN THAT TREE WITH THE SPITFIRES...
BACK OUT NOW FOR MORE EXITEMENT.......TO BE CONTINUED....

[cravertosu]

Great read! Hope you get to drop the big one! Good luck!

[Mark Ray]

That was almost like reading a column in Outdoor life magazine except for the Tang part! Go getem Terry.

[WAHOONBOX]

THE BEST OPENING DAY STORY I HAVE READ BRO.....

I FELT I WAS THERE WITH YA..

STANDING BY FOR THE NEXT HUNT.

[Capt. Terry]

That was almost like reading a column in Outdoor life magazine except for the Tang part! Go getem Terry.

WHAT'S A GOOD STORY WITHOUT A LITTLE 'TANG' REFERENCE?????? HUH MARK?????HAHA

[Capt. Terry]

WELL THIS ONE IS DEFINITELY WAY BORING.....
I HUNTED THIS AFTERNOON IN THE TREE BY 2:15 PM.....
HAD SOME COMPUTER WORK TO CRANK OUT FOR A QUOTE FOR A CUSTOMER THAT I WAS TOLD WAS A RUSH.....BUT TRUST ME I HAVE NO P.O.# YET SO IT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN THAT MUCH OF A RUSH.....ANYWAY THEY GOT IT AND I WENT BACK TO DA WOODS..
QUIET, WET, DAMP, VERY HUMID....I TEXTED JTOCEAN AND TOLD HIM THAT I WAS BURNING UP......
MAN I HAD WAY TO MANY LAYERS OF HUNTING CLOTHES ON THIS AFTERNOON....
I NEVER SAW THE FIRST DEER.....
INSTINCT TOLD ME WITH A SLIGHT SOUTH WIND TO GO DEEP TO THE BACK OF THIS FARM IN THE TALL OAKS PART UP ON A RIDGE.....MY INSTINCTS STEERED ME IN THE WRONG DIRECTION TONIGHT....
OH WELL GONNA CHANGE UP MY GAME AND SWITCH FARMS IN THE MORNING.....CHECK OUT ANOTHER PIECE THAT I HUNT THAT I SCOUTED BEFORE GOING DOWN TO MOOREHEAD CITY TO FISH WITH WAHOONBOX........
TREES WERE TORE UP THERE AND A GOOD SCRAPE LINE THAT I CAN CLIMB A TREE OFF OF.....MAYBE TOMORROW WILL BE MY MORNING......
MY BOY WANTS TO WATCH ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS NOW SO THIS IS GONNA DO IT.....
SO LONG FOR NOW GANG..

[Capt. Terry]

WELL AFTER TWO EPISODES OF ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS WITH MY BETTER HALF AND GAVIN (OUR SON), I WENT OFF TO BED WORRIED ABOUT THIS WEATHER FORCAST....
HEARD THUNDER THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT AS I LAYED IN BED DREAMING ABOUT THAT BUCK CHASING THOSE DOES....

ALARM WENT OFF THIS MORNING @ 4AM.
I GOT UP - LOOKED OUTSIDE - THUNDER, LIGHTNING, (NO JOKE), RAIN AND BLOWING 15 - 20 SW......
I AM THINKING WHERE CAN I GO TO SET UP, NOT GET SOAKED, HAVE THE WIND RIGHT, AND AT LEAST SEE SOME DEER.....WHICH FARM DO I HIT THIS MORNING....
WELL I LOG ONTO THE NET QUICKLY CHECK OUT MY LOCAL LISTINGS ON ACCUWEATHER,COM AND THEY ARE SAYING CLOUDY RAIN, THUNDER STORMS, ETC.....THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE DAY.....
I AM ABOUT BUMBED OUT NOW...
MILL AROUND TILL ABOUT 4:45 AM, AS THIS IS ABOUT MY CUT OFF TIME FOR GETTING IN THE WOODS ON A CLOSE FARM IN TIME TO BE SET UP EVEN IF I HAVE TO CLIMB A TREE.....
RAINING HARDER NOW NY 4:45 AM.....HEAK WITH IT I LAYED BACK DOWN AND WENT BACK TO SLEEP......I KNOW I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE WENT - JUST THAT I HATE SITTING IN THE RAIN, GETTING SOAKED, ETC.....
GET UP ABOUT 6:40 AM THUNDER AND RAIN NOW THE WIND HAS COME AROUND MORE TO THE SOUTH AT ABOUT 10 MPH NOW......I LOOKED AT THE WEATHER ON THE TV......THEY ARE SAYING STORMS ALL DAY.....
I TOLD MY WIFE LETS GO TAKE GAVIN TO BREAKFAST AND THEN I AM GOING TO MAKE UP MY MIND AFTERWARDS.....
WELL NOW HERE I SIT PUNCHING THESE KEYS AND THE RAIN LOOKS TO HAVE FINALLY STOPPED........I THINK I HAVE MADE UP MY MIND THAT I AM GONG TO GO PULL A "REST OF THE DAY HUNT"
I WILL UPDATE LATER.

[BluePrints]

Great Story. Good luck the rest of the week.

I love hunting the state land down there around you. But it can get a little crowded the first weekend.


I'm real limited hunting this year , Tore my MCL Last sat. Luckily I have some great friends that are nice enough to ride me out on there property to some ground blinds on a golf cart & hopefully track, drag & dress my deer for me. Hopefully I shoot soemthing big enough to make them really work for it.

[BluePrints]

Hopefully I shoot soemthing big enough to make them really work for it.

Yup, made them work. Got the family slam.Momma, Baby & a really nice 5.5 yo 9 Point. All with in 30 minutes.

Will post pics when I get them from Cowboy.

[jtocean]

Terry you should do that drive in the morning. I gotta be in Annapolis at 11 then back in Millville in afternoon.

I'm planning on fixing up that duck blind on Back Creek on Wed. Stephanie is headed out of town Sat morning so it will be me and the three small fries friday night at Waterloo and i'm either going to be in my deer stand or in a duck blind.

How's the linesider fishing in IRI? We gotta get out there.