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Live From the Stand 2017.

Taking today off from the woods. Getting stuff done. Gonna hang a new set tomorrow and let the rain soak things away until Tuesday since Monday looks awful.
Me to with the full moon and hunting it Thursday and Friday all day I think it is time to give it a break
 
Hunted the farm I shot my buck at last year and now it seems 4 others got permission. I did see one small 5 point but that's it. I have a better chance at a mature deer behind the house. I have my decoy ready to be deployed tonight. A big shooter has been coming into the plots right before last light. It'll be my first sit out there.
 
Had 3 coyote in the first 15 min this morning. Later had a doe and a fawn. Then had a 1.5 yr old buck followed by another doe followed by another 1.5 yr old buck.

Nothing going as far as Rut.
 
Been here since 7. 6hrs done. Zero deer seen. 6 hours left on my shift. This dark to dark sit may have been premature. I don't think my area is quite there yet.

BUT, that moon was big and bright last night. Deer will move sooner or later.

"It only takes a moment." -xbowguy
 
Rattled in a small buck at 8, saw a buck i call Fred pushing a doe in some thick stuff at 9:45 with 2 small bucks wandering around aimlessly watching.
A doe and fawn at 11:15 nothing since,may switch stands later for the evening or just stay put..the trail cam pic is Fred.
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Just got settled in... tried something different on the way in... we still have 60 acres of corn up here... i stayed on the down wind side of the field and drug a rag with estrus doe scent on it. I usually dont use scents but after the last two days of pretty much nothing im all for trying somethin new.