What's going on guys. Just a quick write up on my hunting so far. We went out this past Friday afternoon. Beautiful weather, wind was perfect. I like my stand location, but not the setup. I'm afraid of heights so it'll be what it is until next season. Around 7pm my BIL texts me and tell me there is a doe in the field about 200 yards from him, 350 from me. So I stand up and grab my binos. This is the 1st season I've actually been on a property that I had the chance to use them. It was pretty cool watching her work the field in his direction. She came into a clearing where the 2 fields meet up, about 100 yards from me and starts staring in my direction. I'm not moving so I'm not sure what she is looking for, or has seen. she eventually makes her way back towards my BIL's corn pile. Then another doe comes darting into the field heading on the same path. She stops and stares in my direction too. The first doe catches wind of something, out of my sight, and starts acting funny. They both ended up leaving the field. Nice hunt. It was exciting to see. Saturday we didn't plan on hunting but decided why not. Got to our stands around 2:45 or so. Didn't see anything all day. Around 7 I stand up and see a small 6 point about 20 yards from me. I got myself into position to be able to grab my bow in case something else was following. Just the an 8 point, still small but bigger than the 6 comes out about 10 yards East of my stand. I'm still trying to position myself at this point and the 6 catches my movement, just a bit. Then a big 8 comes out from the same direction. He was presenting me with a perfect 30 yard broadside shot. However, the small 6 was looking in my direction the whole time and I wasn't able to draw my bow. Eventually someone pulled into the drive way about 800 feet away and spooked the big 8. He tore off, and the others followed. I was shaking like a Chihuahua. It was crazy. That's my best hunt to date, of any year. I'm planning on being back in that stand this coming Saturday. It looks like we will have about a 12 degree drop in temperature between Friday and Saturday. There is a camera set up about 20 yards from where this all took place. I'm going to grab the card tomorrow. Should be interesting. Our BIG BUCK, a wide 14 point, hasn't shown up for a few weeks. If he's on that camera or any of my cameras, that big 8 will get a pass. Ill keep you guys posted. This is the 1st year to hunt this 39 acre property. In the past years I've only had about 5 acres to hunt. So seeing this many deer in so few sits is great for me and my BIL.
This is the Wide 14
This is the small 6 that showed up.
I think this is the same 6
On second thought, he may be a small 8.
