Actually deer season is the time of year I fill the freezer with meat.
I love fishing and small game hunting, but deer is what I go after with the intention of "making meat". I'll keep a few fish and eat a meal or two of squirrel, maybe even shoot a turkey every other year, but deer is something my family and I always enjoy.
Been lucky enough the past couple years to get one opening day which takes the pressure off to make a kill and allows me to take a more relaxed attitude toward hunting the next 4 months of deer season. (late Sept to early Feb here)
Hopefully I can put together a muzzleloader for my son (got a wood stock I can cut down to fit him somewhere in my shop if I can just find it
) and let him try to get one in the early youth season this year.
It's always fun to spend time in the woods with him and he enjoys it even more since I got him an apprentice license and have been taking him squirrel hunting this fall. He seems to be getting the idea of attempting ethical shots only, so maybe it's time for him to try deer hunting.
