September 19th was the opening day for doe only in Allegheny Co., PA. We had everything worked out a few months prior to the season, until the railroad workers told us we can't park on the tracks anymore! This left us with some decisions to be made on where we would be sitting on opening day.
Bryant "the Bandit" decided to hunt off the RR tracks anyways and he only saw a pair of does on his walk in. This was before shooting light and apparently he decided not to shoot (this came as a surprise to us PA boys). You see The Bandit takes a shot when one presents its self rather it is legal or not. The Bandit unfortunately came up empty handed for opening day!
Tyson "the Tyrant" Murdock decided to stay home in the morning because the poor baby was not feeling well! He decided to go out in the afternoon and was skunked as well.
Jev "the jackhammer" and Ryan "the Ripper" had one heck of an interesting morning. It started off with the night before going to a piece of property on a whim to pick out a place to sit. We found a place probably only 50 yards off the road between two big deer trails that created a perfect funnel. The next morning, the Ripper, the Jackhammer, and Mrs. Ripper went to the woods and were unable to find the spot they had found the night before. So we were forced to sit in another spot. We were able to see many deer in the woods that morning and The Ripper was able to whack a doe at 25 yards to get the Pittsburgh Boys on the board for the 2009 deer hunting season. The does came out in a group of 5-6 from a private piece of property accross the road. The Jackhammer was suppossed to be the first to shoot, but he was caught sitting the wrong direction with his bow on the tree beside him and his right thumb straight up his pooper! The doe decided it best to return to the private property to die causing a mild confrontation ending in a picture of liscense plates and threats to call the police!
The doe weighed 125 lbs field dressed and was butured in record time by the ripper and the jackhammer while Mrs. Ripper cooked pancakes the manly men.
