Loyalist Dave
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Well the first weekend of the Early Muzzle Loader Hunt in Maryland is done, and although I saw lots of deer..., none presented a shot.
On day one, last Thursday, some leisure riders were across the roadway on the horse-boarding farm, yakety yakety yak they made a lot of noise as they rode and yelled their conversation at each other..., even at a distance I could hear them..., which in the past has flushed deer across the road toward me, but not that day. Hours after the riders had gone, I could see at a distance there was a large group of doe across the roadway ..., can't shoot across a road even if I'd been close enough, AND the land they were on, as I mentioned, is a horse breeder, stabler, and riding school, so they don't want hunters on that property. I can't blame them really. I don't think they mind the hunters, but it's a business and the sheeple that board their horses and take lessons probably would freak if a hunter was seen on that property.
Friday a pair of doe came in pretty close but didn't clear enough of the trees to give me a shot.
There was deer scat in several places on the property, and I'd seen doe moving in to bed down earlier in the week, so figured right that deer would come in as the sun set. They meandered about and then changed their minds though the wind was from them to me.
Saturday a large group of doe were paralleling the property line on the wrong side of the fence to the East of me. Then on my way off the property two doe had bedded down near long drive that leads to the entrance to the property, ...,
Sunday I had family stuff to do, and yesterday, Monday, it was doe only (The first three days of Early ML Season it's either sex, the season stays open to the following Saturday but it's doe-only) and a nice big buck, right after sunrise came striding across the open field to the South of me..., he was 30 yards away and I swear he looked at me and WINKED!
Ah well..., saw a plethora of squirrel, and at least I know the deer are out there.
LD
On day one, last Thursday, some leisure riders were across the roadway on the horse-boarding farm, yakety yakety yak they made a lot of noise as they rode and yelled their conversation at each other..., even at a distance I could hear them..., which in the past has flushed deer across the road toward me, but not that day. Hours after the riders had gone, I could see at a distance there was a large group of doe across the roadway ..., can't shoot across a road even if I'd been close enough, AND the land they were on, as I mentioned, is a horse breeder, stabler, and riding school, so they don't want hunters on that property. I can't blame them really. I don't think they mind the hunters, but it's a business and the sheeple that board their horses and take lessons probably would freak if a hunter was seen on that property.
Friday a pair of doe came in pretty close but didn't clear enough of the trees to give me a shot.
There was deer scat in several places on the property, and I'd seen doe moving in to bed down earlier in the week, so figured right that deer would come in as the sun set. They meandered about and then changed their minds though the wind was from them to me. Saturday a large group of doe were paralleling the property line on the wrong side of the fence to the East of me. Then on my way off the property two doe had bedded down near long drive that leads to the entrance to the property, ...,
Sunday I had family stuff to do, and yesterday, Monday, it was doe only (The first three days of Early ML Season it's either sex, the season stays open to the following Saturday but it's doe-only) and a nice big buck, right after sunrise came striding across the open field to the South of me..., he was 30 yards away and I swear he looked at me and WINKED!
Ah well..., saw a plethora of squirrel, and at least I know the deer are out there.
LD
