Bad season continues

Wet leaves, snuck in and got by my creekstand, before light.
Put on my camera swing arm (quietly) and hauled my rifle up.
Its about shooting time..........BOOM.

Shot at edge of our thicket.
Think neighbor kid snuck in.

See a button on other side of creek. He and his sister been by a few times this year.
Now he is alone.

Sit a couple hrs, get down and shed some clothes at Jeep, gonna sit for a couple more at buds stand near thick stuff.
Whoops, there's the button in the beans, feeding just behind a rise.

Climb 25 ft up into stand, man he needs to redo the steps (some grown in).
And proceed to see NOTHING.

I sat nearby last Sun and had a busted rack 6 pt come by at 35 yards, let him go.
That 6, a 5 and a forky all we have seen antler wise, since mid Oct.

People blasting all around the gun opener. See groundblind just past edge of field.
Suspect there and spot adjacent has been hit hard by X bow hunting.
Have vehicles w deer in the back on our field trailcam.

Not many does around, yet they've been killing em.

I literally live for deer season, and had hoped for some fun.
Its been windy, rainy and nothing worth shooting.

Pretty bummed.

Trail cam did show a 100" 8 and another that might go 140".............around midnight.
Due to patchwork small woods and big fields, we knew that was the norm.

But last 5 yrs we have bucked out regularly w medium 8 pts or better.

Not this yr.

I work 2nds so running out to hunt on 2 or 3 hrs sleep is pretty brutal.
Am burnt out.

Final weekend is this coming.
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Used to hunt bigger and better ground.
While I enjoy being outdoors, I am there with a purpose.
I've killed enough stuff, don't have to kill.
Want to see stuff where I can make the choice.

Like to grill venison.
Gotta kill to grill.

Not enough does. So looking for 100" or better buck.
Aint happening.

Pretty honked off.

Know part of the reason, with the shots along the fence and possibly on our place.
Bud will have the CO come out tomorrow.

Back bothered me last night.
Took camo goose mat and laid down by a stump. Buddy farther in, his reg gun stand.
Neither of us saw a thing.
17 acres of zero.

Try again tomorrow, maybe.

Killed a 110" 8 pt next to last day one year, but that deer ran across an open field to our thicket.....musta been pushed.

The guys 2 fields over have been shooting everything. Think the button i let walk yesterday got smoked as a half hr later they shot.

Yeesh

Caseys biscuits n gravy were fresh and toasty this morning. High point of the day.
Go home and head to gunshop.

Maybe one up north, take my 77mkII to trade

Gun season over. No shots fired. Biggest seen was a busted 6 pt.
Family medical stuff has come, dunno if I'll get back out. Proly not worth it anyway.
Waited all yr for this, and it sucked. Now 11 months of the grind in hopes I have a good day next yr.
Friggin' ridiculous.

I have battled a screwed up back and had to have my appendix out right before season.
Proly been fighting appendicitis for months.
Back pain is about half what it used to be.

No out of state hunts, truck too old, been running kid back and forth to doctors.
Now my dad aint doing well.

There's always next yr, or so I have said the last 10 yrs.
Looks like 11 months of BS til I get to try again.

The fun factor was minimal this season. Not enough to recharge my already low batteries.

Was pretty burned out before season started.