Dust Off that Bow!

Most of you have probably already beat me to this, but if you’re like me and have been going 90 to nuthin this summer, it’s time to start setting boundaries, and get that bow dialed in!  Here in the great state of MO, bow season starts September 15th – it’s hard to believe that it’s less than a month away!

How great would it be to start the season off with the biggest buck of your life??  I believe that you can and in fact, I believe that the first few weeks of the season could be your best chance.  Here’s what we need to be doing in the next few weeks.

1.  Shoot your bow!  I’ve found that it’s not good to shoot over 10-15 minutes at a time, much over this and your muscles start showing fatigue and you start picking up bad habits.  If you’re only shooting 15 min at a time you can do the math on how many days you need to shoot in order to get back in the groove.  I can think of no worse feeling than to do everything right to get into range of that buck of a lifetime only to watch your arrow miss it’s mark!

2.  Scout scout scout!  I may be a hypocrite on preaching this point this year, but it won’t be for lack of desire, but lack of time that may keep me from doing as much scouting as I’d like.  Bucks are patternable early season as they are still coming to food sources – a soybean field is a great place to sit along and do some glassing.  If you’re short on time, but have a few trail cameras, then by all means, get them out there!

The great thing about this time of year is that most bucks are still in their bachelor groups, meaning if you see one, you’re likely to see five more behind him.  Needless to say, this can keep scouting interesting!

Best of luck to all of you this year and I look forward to hearing your stories and hopefully I’ll get to share a few of mine!