bucks down, and the Big 7 was my 7th deer of the season so far. As if things couldn’t get any better, I had three trophy quality bucks down, and four doe, but I now come to the most exciting part of my story. In just a few weeks I had Rudy with Huntography coming to film me, for the Season 2 of Deer Tour. From the moment I met Rudy until he asked me to be part of Deer Tour I felt humbled to know such an amazing individual, and to be part of something so special. My goal from this point on was to prepare for the arrival of Mr. Huntography, a guy I feel so blessed to be able to call my friend. I spent the next couple weeks checking cameras, scouting fields, and doing everything I could do to ensure Rudy and I had the best hunt possible. I did take a quick detour for Maryland’s early muzzleloader season and harvested another doe.
So it’s now October 25th, I got juicy backstraps on the grill, and I’m anxiously waiting for Rudy’s arrival. This man Rudy, what a champ he is, going from state to state filming people non-stop, not getting any rest, yet he just kept going and going. I’ve yet to meet someone else so determined to make their dream a reality, but I can tell you this, if
anyone can do, believe Rudy will make it happen. It got to be around 9:30pm, and Rudy finally showed up, as I was getting worried my man might be having problems. I ran outside to greet the man I had talked to so much via Twitter and over email but hadn’t yet met. Our meeting was like two old friends getting together after years, I felt like I had known him for years, and I did my best to make him as though he was home. After our greeting, and helping him unpack his gear and get everything in the house we sat down for dinner, and I went over the plan for the am hunt. The next morning came quick, but much quicker for Rudy, no the less, he got his gear together quickly, and we were off, cameras rolling. We made our way into the woods, got set up, and just waited for the sun to rise. We heard several deer move on through in the dark, so I myself was ready to explode as I was so excited to be filmed by Rudy, I couldn’t wait for daylight. As light broke, we could see deer feeding around, but nothing in range, until a piebald spike walked right in to 10 yards and just stood there and fed. I was torn as I knew Rudy wanted me to shoot, and I had never shot a piebald, but he was only a spike, and I just couldn’t do it after all the years of management I had put into my property. A little while later we had some doe fed on through but again, just couldn’t get a good shot so I decided to not let an arrow fly. An hour after all the deer movement ceased we headed out to grab some breakfast. After some much needed rest we headed back out for our evening hunt over my food plot. Not long after getting set up the deer begin to pour onto the field. We had deer everywhere, except where we could shoot them. The majority of the deer