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A few years ago Debbie Reynolds (she was Debbie Horne back then) was telling me about a big buck she had killed. She had seen deer moving on an adjacent ridge. Rather than sitting tight and hoping, she moved her stand. Boom. Big buck down.

This year Reynolds was back to moving her stand after a slow bow season. The first day in the new stand, this big boy walked by and she made the shot with her muzzleloader.

The next time she was in that stand she had her rifle. And she ended up with another hero shot. I'll post that picture next.

Things have quieted down a lot in the deer woods the past couple of weeks. Even in counties where rifle season lasted an extra two weeks things have been pretty slow.

I hunted Saturday in Franklin County with six friends. We spent the day driving thick clear cuts. We flushed a good number of deer but the clear cuts were so think it was pretty much impossible to get good shots, even with shotguns and buckshot. We killed five doing that two seasons ago, but those two years made a big difference. One guy could have killed a small buck and another hunter missed a shot. That was it. But it was still a lot of fun.

Two evenings ago I did a quick hunt at a place in Bedford. I saw eight does but couldn't get a shot. I hope to get back out there this evening for an hour or so.

Time is winding down. I'll be on vacation most of next week, but my wife has to work so I'll have the kids. I wish I could take them out there but they're not quite ready to spend much time sitting still waiting for deer.