Bow Hunting Week 1, What did you see? How Did it go?

**PAwhitetailbowhunter** · September 29th, 2018, 04:58 AM

Happy hunting

Can't wait to get in a tree this morning. Perfect WNW breeze. Heading out to my traditional opening day spot here in Dauphin Co. Nothing like being 20 feet up a tree and watching day break and the world come to life.

Hope you have a safe, and enjoyable season in Penns Woods. Post your hunting reports in this thread so the other bowhunters can enjoy your stories and observations.

I will hunt this AM and then back out in the PM. Check back in with reports of the hunt.

**eatmydust** · September 29th, 2018, 06:43 AM

What a great early Fall morning for bowhunting. Can't go out today because this morning, my wife a I are headed down to OBX for several days and a tuna trip on The Doghouse from Wicked Tuna OBX. Keep us in the loop & good luck, be safe.

**27hand** · September 29th, 2018, 07:32 AM

It's actually been the second week for me.
I passed on a small 8 point the first morning (15 Sept).
Picture is in the Archery 2018 thread.

I've been out a half dozen times and this pic is an indicator of what I've seen.

https://www.flickr.com/gp/101828248@N08/zvJ24n

I have a lot of nocturnal deer. Nothing in daylight yet.
The you tube vids are there too.

**Gunowner99** · September 29th, 2018, 10:56 PM

Yet to get out however I hold out hope to get out as much as I can while maintaining a marriage ha ha!

**PAwhitetailbowhunter** · September 29th, 2018, 11:07 PM

Morning hunt in 5B was awesome. Before daybreak with the moon and lots of fog, had a small owl land about 10' from my face. Very very cool bird. After sunrise a ground hog surfaced and had him at 10 yards while switching to an broad head for ground hogs he caught my movement and he dove back into his hole. Around 8:30 a nice doe with a BB in tow came in and gave e a nice broadside quartering away shot. Broadhead was dead center heart shot and shattered the leg bone of the far side. She dove right after the shot and slammed a tree. Walked about 10' stood for a few seconds and dropped dead in sight. Great great morning hunt.

doe.jpg

**27hand** · September 30th, 2018, 06:43 AM

Originally Posted by PAwhitetailbowhunter

Morning hunt in 5B was awesome. Before daybreak with the moon and lots of fog, had a small owl land about 10' from my face. Very very cool bird. After sunrise a ground hog surfaced and had him at 10 yards while switching to an broad head for ground hogs he caught my movement and he dove back into his hole. Around 8:30 a nice doe with a BB in tow came in and gave e a nice broadside quartering away shot. Broadhead was dead center heart shot and shattered the leg bone of the far side. She dove right after the shot and slammed a tree. Walked about 10' stood for a few seconds and dropped dead in sight. Great great morning hunt.

doe.jpg

Congrats on a nice doe.
Good job.

**ar15jules** · September 30th, 2018, 12:35 PM

I went out yesterday afternoon. I sat in a brand new location. I am happy to say I saw several doe, and verified that my painstaking efforts to be scent free this year worked well. I had a mature doe downwind from me at 13 yards feeding and she never even so much as went on the alert. Saving a doe tag for pistol hunt, so I never raised my bow. I'm not much for hunting archery when everything is still green. The rut can't get here fast enough.