Ready to hunt

Well, this year, our hunting takes another turn. We will be hunting two places we’ve never hunted before. One being Amistad, and the other Henderson. Yeah, they’re both in Texas, but on opposite coasts…LOL Craig and I spent some time to day getting ready. This won’t be a “walk out to the stand and wait” type hunt…it won’t be shopping.

We started the day off with sighting in the bows. Craig received a nice bow from his mom this year. It is his first bow, and he has never shot one before this year. He had it tuned and all at Gander Mountain. There are some things we need to check on the bow though. It says it is a 50 pound max pull bow – but after much discussion and work on the bow – cranked as low as possible with a new string and cables – it is at 54 pounds. Who knows? I think it is mis-labeled from PSE at the factory if you ask me. We’ll see what PSE says.

I am still shooting the old (16 year old) PSE. It is maxed out at 60 pounds – but still shooting as good as it ever did. In my hands anyway. We sighted them in at 20 yards and another pin at 30 yards just for fun. We had some nice groupings too. Then we went to a rougher terrain area and sat the target up. We shot at it from different yardages, different slopes, etc. All being very successful. We felt ready to hunt – and can’t wait. As usual we are getting a late start on the season.

We’ll be hunting down at Amistad this year. It is federal land and archery only. There are several game chances available down there. Auodad Sheep, Mouflon Sheep, Black Buck, Javalena, Ferel Hogs, and Deer to name a few. So, it should be interesting. This will be the first time for us to ever hunt down there. We’ll need to do some serious scouting this year, and through out the year before next season.

We’re also wanting to know if those sheep are good to eat? I’ve read some mixed reviews – figure we’ll learn the hard way. Cook some up – chew it – swallow – and either like it or not.

They’ll make for a neat hunt and mount if nothing else I guess.

I was proud of Craig – felt as if my son had learned to shoot the bow straight. LOL We’ll see how he does under pressure. LOL

Later, after lunch we went down to the rifle range to check them out. Our 30.06’s were shooting straight and on. We made a few tunes to them, but minor. I was very happy with my grouping at 100 yards. I wish they had a range at about 200 though.

Keagan got to fire her new .243. She shot it a few times and did a good job with the safety side of things. I was proud of her too. I was not worried about her accuracy. I shot twice at 100 yards with it – never even hit paper. Wow! I thought the guy said he bore sighted it. Of course he said he put the sling on it too when we bought it. I pulled it out of the box last night and the damn sling fell off. Academy guys suck at there job of setting up a rifle after you buy it.

I moved the target into 50 yards – fired twice and it still did not hit paper. I was pissed. When you tell me it is bore sighted I expect it to at least hit paper at 50 yards. So, I decided to put it up and I’ll bore sight it – then take it back out to the range again. I’ll also, never trust the college kids at Academy or Gander Mountain again. I’ll do it myself – that is the only way to get things done now days huh?

Anyway – ready to see what Amistad and good ole Henderson -East Texas – hunting has to offer the freezer this year. I don’t expect a real successful year, but I know we’ll know the area a little better – which will enhance our chances for next season.