Fall is finally coming and I am loving it. I love to hunt. Yes I do hunt with a primitive bow like my ancestors did. Yes I only kill what I will eat. I’m sure someone will read this and wonder how I can kill Bambi. Well Bambi is not real and hunting deer helps the herd to stay healthy. Too many deer and there won’t be enough food for them. They’ll get sick and diseased and slowly die off. That’s not good. By hunting them for food, you are keeping the herd stronger.
I hunt strictly by the rules. I get my license and only kill bucks until doe days. I prefer to get the old spike bucks so that you weed out the poor racks and build a herd in your area that is more likely to produce bucks with nice racks. I put out mineral blocks for them through the summer to help make them healthier. I do feed them apples and corn to bring them in to my stand but I also take care of them when it’s not deer season. My ancestors taught me to respect the animals as they should be.
Deer season starts soon so I need to get out and practice a while to keep my skills sharp so I hopefully make a clean kill every time. The last thing I want is for the animal to suffer any more than they have to. IF I hit one and it doesn’t fall where I hit it, I track it down until I know the animal will either survive or I find it. I don’t leave a badly wounded animal to suffer. I would never do that.
