Hunting public land here, I’ve learned to follow the old “if it’s brown, it’s down” rule, as after the first few days of rifle season they all get pretty scarce. Here they only have to wade across the Shenandoah to escape the pumpkin army. The xbow has put me on the board most years since 2018, so the meat pressure is usually off by the time the guns come out. This year I’m under the Earn-a-Buck restriction on opening day, again, so am hoping to shed that quickly. If I get a doe, that’ll be plenty of meat for the year and I can loaf around the woods hoping for a nice buck the rest of the season…
Good luck fellers!
