4:30 - Jason and I are headed out for a long sit today. Going to play it by ear, but we may sit it out from sun up to sun down. Hoping to catch some of the mature bucks up on their feet cruising with the younger bucks we saw last week. I set a trail camera on a heavy trail intersection last week near where I will be set up in my climber today. Going to try and remember to swap memory cards on my way in this morning and will look through the pictures once I get all settled in. Updates to follow...
7:08 - been set up in the stand for about 20 mins now. Just checked the trail camera and the big boy had worked a scrape yesterday morning about 20 yds from my stand...was at 6:15 am though. Good to know he's still in the area. Also been getting pictures of him close to where Jason is sitting. Just starting to get light....only a few more minutes til shooting time.
7:48 - one of our local turkey flocks kept me entertained this morning as they got off the roost. No deer sightings yet...
7:55 - two does passed by at about 80 yds
8:52 - yaaaawwwwnnnnnnnn....
9:18 - had a small 8 pt working his way toward me. He either winded me or spotted me through the brush reaching for my camera 50 yds out. Ended up going back the way he came...no more camera shots from here on out. Jason has had a forkhorn and a doe and her dawns pass by so far, plus a few jakes.
9:55 - watched a small buck trailing a doe. He was about 60 yds behind her and both were walking along slow. When I first seen the doe though, I could tell by her body language that a something had probably been doggin' her...all hunkered down low and timid and sneaking through downed treetops.
11:17 - still 20 feet up...no action for the past hour.
11:45 - climbing down to rendezvous at the truck and switch to our evening stands.
1:45 - back in the stands again, different spots this time. I have a feeling it is gonna be slow for awhile, and don't have too high of hopes for this evening but anything can happen this time of year....
Well, as mentioned, I didn't have a good feeling about the afternoon/evening portion of the hunt for some reason...and my suspicions held true. Sat until dark and didn't see a single deer from the stand. The only entertainment that I had was watching a group of 6 toms passing through...I passed some time by mouth calling and pulling them towards me, but had no intentions of shooting one thinking a deer could still come through at any moment. Jason saw the same forkhorn he saw in the morning on the other side of the property, but other than that his hunt was just as uneventful as mine. I thought that the hunting would be prime and the mature bucks would be on the move cruising for does. Surprisingly, I think it has yet to pick up in full force based on what we saw.
7:08 - been set up in the stand for about 20 mins now. Just checked the trail camera and the big boy had worked a scrape yesterday morning about 20 yds from my stand...was at 6:15 am though. Good to know he's still in the area. Also been getting pictures of him close to where Jason is sitting. Just starting to get light....only a few more minutes til shooting time.
7:48 - one of our local turkey flocks kept me entertained this morning as they got off the roost. No deer sightings yet...
7:55 - two does passed by at about 80 yds
8:52 - yaaaawwwwnnnnnnnn....
9:18 - had a small 8 pt working his way toward me. He either winded me or spotted me through the brush reaching for my camera 50 yds out. Ended up going back the way he came...no more camera shots from here on out. Jason has had a forkhorn and a doe and her dawns pass by so far, plus a few jakes.
9:55 - watched a small buck trailing a doe. He was about 60 yds behind her and both were walking along slow. When I first seen the doe though, I could tell by her body language that a something had probably been doggin' her...all hunkered down low and timid and sneaking through downed treetops.
11:17 - still 20 feet up...no action for the past hour.
11:45 - climbing down to rendezvous at the truck and switch to our evening stands.
1:45 - back in the stands again, different spots this time. I have a feeling it is gonna be slow for awhile, and don't have too high of hopes for this evening but anything can happen this time of year....
Well, as mentioned, I didn't have a good feeling about the afternoon/evening portion of the hunt for some reason...and my suspicions held true. Sat until dark and didn't see a single deer from the stand. The only entertainment that I had was watching a group of 6 toms passing through...I passed some time by mouth calling and pulling them towards me, but had no intentions of shooting one thinking a deer could still come through at any moment. Jason saw the same forkhorn he saw in the morning on the other side of the property, but other than that his hunt was just as uneventful as mine. I thought that the hunting would be prime and the mature bucks would be on the move cruising for does. Surprisingly, I think it has yet to pick up in full force based on what we saw.
