Hunting Halloween Weekend

Okay, so Halloween fell on a Wednesday this year so I'm not sure that it is fair to call the previous weekend "Halloween Weekend" or not, but I did it anyways. The weather was decent for hunting but even better for spending time outside.

I arrived down at the cabin early in the afternoon on Friday and headed for a new tree stand set up over a fence gap on the bordering county land. It didn't take long for the action to heat up in that new stand and over the course of the evening I ended up seeing several deer including 3 shooter bucks. The issue was that none of the deer were actually crossing the fence through the open gate but instead were jumping the fence a little ways to the north of the opening. Since I hadn't planned for that, I had no shooting lanes in that direction and couldn't get an open shot.

View of the open gate from the tree stand

While I was having one of the best nights of hunting ever, my friend, Justin, made his way down for an evening sit on the big field and had a couple of deer come by as well. It was a good start to a great weekend of hunting. Winds were out of the south on Saturday so we had to switch up locations. Justin hunted a tree stand on the opposite end of the same ridge from where I sat on Friday and I headed for a stand just south of my property on the DNR land. I had a good buck walk by before shooting time started and Justin had a few deer come by as well, but opted not to shoot because they were too small. 

My view on Saturday morning

We fired up the grill for lunch before heading back out for an evening sit. We both had some does come by that evening but all of them were out of range and didn't offer a shot. It was starting to feel like it was just a matter of time before one of us would get an opportunity. 

Grilling for lunch

Chicken and rice for lunch

After getting back to the cabin for the evening I lit a fire and we enjoyed sitting outside for awhile on a beautiful fall evening. Sunday was a little bit slower as I sat both times over the fence gap stand and had another shooter buck come in to my north and cross the fence just out of range. I decided after that sit that it was time to move the stand about 30 - 40 yards north to a new tree when we returned the following weekend. 

Enjoying sitting by the fire on a cool fall evening

Grilled steak and potatoes for lunch on Sunday

Beautiful fall colors

Even though we didn't put a deer on the ground it was a fantastic weekend of hunting with some beautiful fall weather. As we left, both Justin and I were counting down the days to the following weekend when we would both start a week long vacation and return for more hunting.