Friday was opening day for deer season in Illinois, I only started hunting a couple years ago, this is my second year for deer. I downed my first deer: an 8-point, average sized buck. I kept the tail and a little hide to make some bass flies. But that wasn't the highlight of the day. It was a sunny, 60-degree day, so I thought I'd try the shallows in the nearby pond that I always fish. I tied on a hair head, zonker strip fly, I think it's called Dave's Hairwater Pup, in dark olive. You guessed it, a personal best on any tackle, 23" long, 14" girth LMB. I had never broke the 20" barrier out of this pond. According to the charts, that's 6+ pounds. Hopefully I'll meet up with her again next spring! What a day!