Totally busted another trespasser. The MF walked right in front me and didn't notice that I was less than 15 yards away from'em. Same BS as last year at this spot. Told'em never to come back here again if you don't want any problems with the law.
He turned around and left immediately.
A real f'en winner by the looks of him I tell ya...
Anyhow, it's still early yet and I'll make the best of what's been delt to me this evening.
I'm in my old API climber and I'm not wanting to climb down and move at this point.
I did end up seeing one decent size antlerless deer during this evening's hunt, right @6:30, despite the loud interaction with that trespasser an hour earlier. I suspect that the deer was bedded somewhere across the creek within yards of me, just like I knew there would be. I figured all the deer would be long gone immediately after the trespasser left the area.
I'm sure that deer wanted the heck out of dodge much sooner than when it actually did, however not knowing just where I was exactly, or if any other humans were still in the area, that deer did an awfully good job getting by me, but not entirely.
The deer slowly worked its way down to and through the creek bottom, and I admit, I barely heard the thing initially. When I did, the deer was already underneath me @12 yards. I was previously glassing out towards the cut beanfield to the East at the time when I first started to hear some minor leaf crunching right behind me, thinking it was a squirrel cause I had several of them within the immediate area. When I turned to look, the deer caught my movement, which I was surprised to see it was an actual deer. I froze while that deer kept looking up at me, but unsure what I was, and I watched the deer continue work the rest of the way down through the creek bottom and make it around the bend unharmed.
Photo was taken when the deer just got passed me, right @15yrds. while looking up at me.
That was all the deer I saw and even heard this evening. It was beautiful night with crystal clear skies and all the stars were as/are as brilliant as can be. I thoroughly enjoyed my peaceful hike back home.