After writing my last few posts, I started researching bow seasons and found out Vermont has the shortest bow season in the Northeast — lasting a mere 23 days this year! Neighboring states like New Hampshire and Connecticut have significantly longer seasons — lasting nearly twelve weeks! That doesn’t seem to give Vermont bowhunters a fair opportunity […]
My first bow season is over. In Vermont, bow season ended Sunday, spanning a few weeks (October 4-26). I can honestly say that participating in my first season was the highlight of this year for me. No, I didn’t get a deer, but my husband did, which means our family has fresh venison in the […]
I feel like every single blog post starts with another first for me and this one is really no different. I’m in the middle of my first bow season and enjoying it, despite the soggy weather during opening day and a few rainy mornings that have kept me indoors. I mean, if my chickens are […]
Saturday morning, I’ll be in my tree stand. I wonder how well I’ll sleep on Friday night, knowing that not only is it the first day of Vermont’s deer hunting archery season, but my very first season ever as a bowhunter (or any type of hunter). I’m as prepared as physically and mentally as I […]
A few weeks ago, I wrote a post asking how do you prepare for deer hunting? As the days speed by and my first season swiftly approaches, mentally preparing myself for bowhunting is incredibly important. I’ve been reading a lot, not necessarily books centered just on deer hunting, but on hunting in general, and am […]
I have a friend back in Detroit who always said that he was “living the dream” and I never understood what he was talking about. Now that I’ve been in Vermont for two years with the ability to focus on family, writing, sustainable living and archery, I get it. We had a good garden, our […]