I decided to take advantage of the expanded Reduction Zone rules and get a doe out of the way to open the opportunity for a second buck. I have been itching to get back in a tree worse than ever this year so with the first cold front of the season rolling in, I took advantage of a cool Saturday morning. The result was a nice doe on the ground and having to buy a new cam for my bow as you will see in the video.

Nice. Glad it all worked out and sorry for the cam.

I liked the headlight that you mentioned in post earlier.

Stay safe.

congrats!

Very nice, congrats on the doe!

Congrats way to break the ice so early

Congrats Derek!
Looks like you and I are ready for any nice urban buck that strolls through our set-ups now... Good luck!

You mentioned about something being "new for this year"..... not sure exactly what you were referring to?!?
But if you were talking about hunting till end of Jan... that was in effect last year as well.

Again, Congrats on a great doe!

Congrats, off to a good start.....

It is "new" in the sense that they drastically expanded it along major travel routes. That property of mine is right along I69. I've been hunting it for around 25 years now and this is Reduction Zone thing is new to me. I'm torn about it to be honest. I feel it supports the State's "War on Does", which I hate. But I would typically shoot one doe between all of my properties anyway, so I took advantage of it and don't feel like I put any further dent in the population. I like the option for a 2nd buck (assuming that I can even cross paths with one buck that I want to shoot). But right now on that farm, there is not a single buck that I want to kill anyway. That of course can all change in a heart beat in early November.

All in all, it was just fun to be back in a tree stand.