Time for an update. Life has been throwing me curves lately. My daughter had to have emergency surgery last week so I missed some time in the woods. She is doing just fine now though, thankfully.
Oct. 30, 2015 EVENING
Temp 58* Wind - S/SW 5-10
TRACTOR TO ROCK
Hunted the outhouse from 3:10 to dark. I mowed all the trails today. I saw a doe as I sat on my tractor at the big rock. At 5:10 I had a decent buck, possibly an 8 point travel to the west on Jack's side of the fence.
Nov. 1, 2015 EVENING
Temp 62* Wind - Light/Variable
WALKED IN
Hunted the creek bottom from 1:15 to dark. Fairly calm most of the evening. Nothing spotted tonight.
Nov. 2, 2015 MORNING
Temp 44* Wind - Mostly Calm
WALKED IN
Hunted the creek bottom from daylight to 10:45. At about 10:10 had a very nice, huge bodied, buck cross the hillside in front of the stand from north to south. He angled down the hill and ended up in the creek bottom on Jack,s or Adam's. This was the only deer I saw.
Nov. 6, 2015 EVENING
Temp 63* Wind - Mostly E/NE 5-10
TRACTOR TO TURNAROUND
Hunted the creek bottom from 2:15 to dark. Had a spike show up south of the fence at 4:10. I think he may have winded me. He never made it by me but angled towards the east and jumped the fence on to Adam's property.
Nov. 7, 2015 MORNING
Temp 44* Wind - Mostly Calm
TRACTOR TO ROCK
Just as I got to the rock the retainer ring on the front wheel of my tractor broke. Hunted the outhouse from daylight to 10:30. A crazy morning, bucks everywhere. Saw two 8 points and two spikes. Another small racked buck was the first deer I saw at barely light enough to make him out. Most deer were traveling north or south. The one eight point was traveling west on Jack's side. I believe this was the same buck that I saw there on Oct. 30th. Had a shooter follow a spike in from the north. They appeared out of nowhere near the TR area no chance for a shot.
Nov. 7, 2015 EVENING
Temp 52* Wind - Mostly W/SW 3-5
TRACTOR TO ROCK
After a redneck fix on the tractor and a quick lunch I hunted the outhouse from 12:10 to dark. Like someone flipped the switch, nothing sighted all afternoon.
Oct. 30 - Nov. 9 CARD PULL
FENCE CROSSING Pulled this card just before my afternoon hunt. My hunt on the morning of the 7th proves cameras don't catch everything. Only one of the deer I saw that morning tripped the camera. Not a lot of traffic the last 10 days. Had 8 does/fawns and 2 bucks come through. Almost all of the deer crossed at the low spot in the fence. No shooter bucks though.
CREEK BOTTOM A good bit of traffic in the last 10 days, but a lot at night. Also had some turkeys show up the one morning. Had 7 does/fawns and 7 bucks come through. A small increase in bucks and does. Only one decent racked buck came through.
Nov. 9, 2015 EVENING
Temp 54* Wind - Mostly Variable
TRACTOR PARKED AT BRIERS
Jeff and I hunted today. I took the tractor and trailer up to where Jim had cut the trees in September to help get stuff near Jeff's stand. I also dropped a new apple block off near the TR site. We got on stand around 2:15. The only deer I saw all afternoon. was the curved spike at around 4:10. Jeff had a basket 8 bed down in the top field for twenty minutes or so.
Nov. 10, 2015 EVENING
Temp 46* Wind - Mostly Variable
TRACTOR TO ROCK
Jeff and I woke up a 5AM this morning to a steady rain. We both decided to wait for the rain to stop, which it never did. At 2:00 we decided to hunt in the light rain. I never saw a deer. Jeff saw two bucks and 8 or so does just near dark. The one buck was an 8 point that had a huge body and a very wide rack. I believe this was the deer I saw on Nov. 2 while hunting the creek bottom. It nearly gave him a shot and then angled down towards my area. Unfortunately he never came by me.
Good luck the rest of the season. It's great that we are just getting started!
