2023 OPENING DAY #1

John arrived at our Deer Camp at 5;00 AM. I woke up when he texted me that he would be ready to meat me at 6:00AM. So I got on my black blind hunting clothes, made a cup of coffee and sat down to drink it. And quickly fell back asleep.

Later, John quietly slipped into my house and tapped me on the shoulder and told me he was ready to go to the small tin-blind that we hunted from.

“Be right there,” I said. But I was back asleep in 60 seconds.

Meanwhile, John got into the blind, ready for the morning bowhunt.

As daylight began removing the nightime’s blackness out of John’s view he saw the faint figure of a wild hog slowly become a clear shape on the nearby edge of the surrounding brush. John waited until the daylight improved enough so he could see good. The wild hog was broadside.

Then John drew his Matthews bow to full draw, aimed for the vitals, and took the 20 yard shot. The arrow hit solidly.

The hog spun and ran back into the brush. John saw it busting brush for 70 yards and go down.

Half an hour later he walked to my house and we took up the track of his hog. John spotted his arrow right away and a steady blood trail took us to the place where John had seen the hog expire in the brush.

As we drug John’s hog toward the pickup my Apple Watch notification sounded off. Good News! We had more tracking to do.