I'm retired and have plenty of days to hunt . I have always been obsessed with hunting opening day . I am having 2nd thought this year . I don't feature Bow Hunting in 85 degree weather and rain showers .Two years ago I made a bad shot on a buck during some rain and won't do that again . I will make a final decision Monday morning .
I use a sled with my ATV . Depending on where I am hunting , I may leave the ATV and bring the deer home in the trailer . I have loaded the ATV in the trailer and then struggled to put the deer on the trailer floor behind the ATV which is a difficult task for me .
Cut the old straps off my back yard tree stand , re-arranged it and put new ratchet straps on . Got in the stand tonight to shoot a few arrows . As I was drawing back on my 6th shot my release slipped , the arrow blooped into the garden somewhere and I smacked myself hard to the bridge of my nose . Cut it open and it bled like heck . Got the bleeding to stop and shot a few more arrows . I must have hit the release prematurely but I usually have my index finger behind the trigger . The nose is a bit tender now . That arrow didn't go far and is in the garden or berry bushes somewhere .
That's the hardest I have been hit in the nose since the Marine Corps .