The landowner has gotten a little active with the bush hog... May change things, may not. Last night was the second night since Mason missed the wide 10 that he didn't make an appearance before sundown. He did find his way in about 6 am, however, and headed off in the direction I suspect he spends a lot of his day. I won't be hunting tonight, but plan to tomorrow evening. It will be a ground assault, and I like my set up. With him looking me in the eye the other night, I don't want him to see me in the tree again. It's all good, I've got a great spot to hide with plenty of shooting lanes.
I drove Mason over to check out the stand I set up for him. He doesn't like it, but he will get used to it. It's a little higher than he is used to. On the way back down, he noticed a shed antler laying at the base of the tree. Pretty decent horn, looks to be chewed up pretty good. We left it there as its on the other side of the fence and I didn't want to fight the poison ivy to get to it. Maybe it's an omen... Only one doe has visited the apple pile I've started over there, but I suspect others will follow shortly. We'll see.
