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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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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