I am planning on hunting the buck in the previous picture later on in the year. It will look nice with the rack i already have from Muzzle lader season. We seen several bucks on the trail cam but none that is the size of that one. It is very close to what I already have. Here is a picture of the one I have already taken.

We set up trail cams to see what we could find for late bow season. Here is a video.

Last Saturday was my first day of Rabbit hunting. I had my old dog, and a good friend with me. The three of us hunted for a while and then got sidetracked by some ducks. When they got close enough we unloaded on them. Although we were not well equiped for ducks we still managed to take three of them. They ended up being mallards. Two were males and one was a female. Here is a picture.

Now that Modern gun season is over, its time to move on to another species to hunt. Rabbit is my animal of choice after deer season. Rabbits are a fun animal to hunt. They are a smaller fast moving animal. We hunt with dogs which is an experience in itself. It is fun to just listen to the dogs run. The only downfall i have with rabbit hunting is wasting more shells. I have already missed more times rabbit hunting this year than i have missed deer in my while life. This is part of it thought, and why its called hunting and not killing.

One of my favorite things about deer is being able to eat it. There are so many ways to cook deer. You can fry it, bake it, grill it, and smoke it just to name a few. Deer is relatively cheap to acquire. This is really nice since I'm in college and don'd have a great amount of cash flow. Meat is expensive if you was to buy it at a store, not to mention I prefer wild meat over any store bought meat.

Sometimes its not all about killing the animal that makes a hunt exciting. Me being able to watch wildlife in their natural environment is pretty amazing. One thing I noticed about the deer this year is the population. I seen more deer this year than in any other years past. This is good for me because it will give me something to do for the rest of my life. An increase in deer population is not, however, the best thing for the everyday commuter. With more deer in the woods it means more deer on the roads as well. Deer are a big factor with car accidents in the state of Kenutcky. More and more wrecks are occuring every year.

The rut was in full swing on opening weekend. The rut is when bucks chase does looking to breed. While sitting in the stand I seen several small bucks chasing does. I was hoping to catch a bigger buck slip up and make the mistake of walking out but it never happened. But one good thing about letting all of those smaller bucks walk is knowing that they will be there next year, and hopefully bigger.