After all sorts of chaos early thursday morning, we finally touched down in Edmonton in anticipation of seeing and hoping to get a crack at some of the biggest whitetails Joe and I had even laid eyes on. Mrs. Blackwood picked us up and off we went, stopping at Walmart to pick up my tag. Joe needed my friend Shaun (Joe's hunter host) to be present in order to get his tag. We arrived at the farm and the wind was absolutely howling. We hopped in the farm truck and took a quick loop around the section and still managed to see a couple bucks with their noses to the ground. Oh the excitement of estrous. We laid out our stuff and set my alarm for 4:55am. Morning came fast and I woke up Shaun way too early (not wanting to be late again). We scarfed some eggs and bread and hiked into a place Shaun had been scoping out for a few days. Well, with three grown men, two of which were wearing Carhartt bibs, it was simply too much noise to sneak in. We spooked one doe and that was it. We tried rattling a bit, but to no avail. We headed into town and picked up Joe's tag and got some Subway and eventually took a few minutes to make sure the guns were on. Then we split up - Joe and Shaun and me by myself. Joe and Shaun didn't see much for deer: one little 6 point and a few does. I saw a bunch of deer: 4 or 5 different bucks (the biggest being around P&Y) and a bunch of does still with their fawns. The bucks didn't seem all that interested in the does yet. They nudged them around a bit, but it looks like we're still a good week away from the rut. But, we'll keep at it. All in all, day one was good. There are lots of bucks around and Shaun's got permission on some choice places. I can't wait to see what Joe's gonna pull the trigger on. Stay tuned for day two.
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