Dad and I headed up to camp to hunt the last day of the archery season 2017, and what a hunt it was. We planned to hunt “Rob’s Spot” from the annual Guy’s Weekend trip just a few short weeks earlier. Rob had what he deemed to be the best few days in the woods that he ever had. It seemed that every half hour he would get some action. Additionally, he had a monster buck that appeared numerous times. Uncle Rob even managed to get two shots off on the buck with his crossbow. However, as old mature deer seem to do all too often, he jumped the string…

Following our family tradition, we made our annual trip back to the “government road” to hunt the first day of deer season in the big woods. As my dad was taking my brother with him for the first time, I had the pleasure of hunting with my Uncle Rob. I can still remember the morning like it was yesterday. The air was cool and crisp. The warm sun shining through the trees was melting what little snow had accumulated over the previous weekend. We sat on the ridge of one of our favorite big woods locations. The morning started off slow with no sign of deer. Despite the sun shining…