Well dove season starts first here in Texas, in fact it opened this morning. I have a Beretta over under that my father bought while stationed in Germany during Vietnam. It's easily my favorite fire arm that I own and I use it exclusively for dove and quail seasons. Bow season for white tail opens in October, but I'm not a bow hunter. I've got too many outdoor hobbies to keep up with as it is and don't need another month of it. November ushers in rifle season here and I hunt with a Winchester model 70 270 with a Leupold scope. It's nothing fancy, but I've been hunting with it since 1983 and it's got some sentimental value.
We're not a trophy hunting family and instead are hunting for meat only. My father, son, and myself lease 1000 acres that we take 3 deer off of a year (1 each) and split the meat 3 ways. We come away with a freezer full of back straps, link sausage, breakfast sausage, jerky, hamburger, and snack sticks (kind of like a Slim Jim). We're also covered up in turkey and we all 3 limit out on those.
My lease is unique it that it has zero structures and the owner lives out of state. He brings his family in over Christmas holiday and they stay in their RV for a week hunting. That's the only week of the year we aren't allowed on the property. There's no electric or water on the property so the camping is pretty primitive which is cool. We built an Adirondack shelter (fancy lean-to) about 5 years ago and it's been great. It's pretty old school and I've learned a lot over the years of camping without power & water. I'm a master dutch oven chef, can prepare full on feasts with a Coleman stove, and can squat in the woods like I was from a third world country. I love the old school approach of chopping our own wood, being able to start a fire, processing our own meat, and really getting back to nature. The two months of deer season from November to December are my favorite times of the year. Lots of good food, lots of good whiskey, hanging with my father & son, and (thank God for Sirius radio out there) football.
