Last year my house was broken into and along with some other things, my rifles were stolen. So, sadly I had start working on replacing them. I picked up a new Remington 700 in .300 Win mag a few months ago and added a new Leupold.
I also "retired" an old Buck knife I have carried for 30 years, and replaced it with a new Cutco fixed blade. I am new to Thurston Co, so had to start breaking in a new area to hunt, been a season of many firsts.
Went out this morning, first day out hunting my new digs, Thought I would share a couple pics from this mornings laundry list of firsts.
Found a nice sized doe in some reprod about 9:00 this morning, but even at 25 feet from her, it was so thick that when she took one step she was gone!
Since I have an antlerless permit for the area, I was pretty excited, and hunted about another hour when I found a little smaller one, but at 50 yards, she wasn't as spooked as the other one. One shot with the new rifle and tag punched!
Break-in new rifle: CHECK
Dressing her out with the new Cutco knife was amazing, those things are unbelievably sharp!
Break-in knife: IN PROCESS
Stab finger while dressing deer with very sharp knife: CHECK
Break-in of knife complete: CHECK!!
So, now its time to get back on some more home projects till November 3rd when my antlerless elk permit starts, another first...drawn for 2 special permits in the same season!
Hope everyone enjoys the sunrise picture and the "As she lays" picture. Sorry, no pictures of stabbed finger...
