Venison Season Report

I regret that there are no photos of the very successful venison season in Elk County. It seems that the Chief forgot his camera! I have a few photos of an earlier trip. The Chief, Pop, and the Fair Maiden shared hunting out of a Double Bull Matrix 360 blind in an 100 year old apple orchard. Deer were coming into the orchard every evening since early September to feast on the tasty apples and pears.

The Fair Maiden was the first to bag a fatted doe on the first evening of the early muzzleloader season. She has been successful for three seasons now with the muzzleloader. Pop turned 86 on October 21 and after a snowy morning, shot his fatted doe with a crossbow at an incredible 8 yards under the apple tree. Pop had hunted in that same tree forty years ago. Pop had a huge 8 point come in and feed under the apple tree after hours on Monday. Being a true sportsman, he let it live another day. We had other smaller bucks skirt the blind on several evenings but let them live for another day. The Chief caught a fatted doe in its bed while still hunting on Thursday and finally claimed his bologna fixings and tenderloin for the 3rd Annual RBF's Christmas Fishing Gathering.

Earlier in October, The Chief and the Fair Maiden found two beautiful sheepshead mushrooms near the old orchard. They will become the main ingredient in the wild mushroom soup that will be served at the Christmas Fishing Gathering.