Lets try this again , earlyer Itryed to post this but my conection failed just as I went to post it
I thought I had 1 for the 2 big bucks figured out
I had been seeing it crossing a feild on the way to my woods every morning the last few days when I left for work
And with the E NE wind , I could hunt from a tree , that normaly I couldn't due to the wind direction
So left a few min early to walk the few hundred yds to the woods
As I walked in , I soaked a scent pad and drug it in
I walked down a lane I keep mowed , to allow me to haul out wood and a easy path for the deer
When I got the climber up to the right height , I noticed the fog had gotten a little thicker .....but not bad
At first light I passed on 2 does as they walked past my stand , not 10 yds away
But I notice the fog is getting thicker
About 8 AM I here a buck grunting on the far side of the woods
As I expected , it takes one of the small side trails that cross the woods
But most cross my lane close to my stand
I can follow the buck as it works it's way tward me
But now the fog has realy gotten thick
Almost exactly as I had hoped
The ......a buck emerges from the thick cover right where I had hung the scent drag 20 yds from my stand
The fog is now so thick , I can only be sure it is a buck
As I can barely make out a rack , but that is it
As I draw I am debating if I can see well enough and is this a shooter
Or just a smaller buck
Well in less than 20 seconds the fog has completely blocked my shot
I can now only see a blob that I know is a deer
I decide to hold off and hope it sticks around
Well no luck
After a few more seconds I can here it grunting as it works it's way around the thick bedding areas
I am not happy , but hopeing another buck will come through
As I set in the stand , the fog is condense ing the branchs and it is running down the tree trunk and dripping on me
I sat there till almost 11 , but only a yearling came through
BTW by 8:45 the sun had come out
By 9 the fog had almost completely burned off
I guess , depending on the wind direction in the AM
I might try that tree again
John
I thought I had 1 for the 2 big bucks figured out
I had been seeing it crossing a feild on the way to my woods every morning the last few days when I left for work
And with the E NE wind , I could hunt from a tree , that normaly I couldn't due to the wind direction
So left a few min early to walk the few hundred yds to the woods
As I walked in , I soaked a scent pad and drug it in
I walked down a lane I keep mowed , to allow me to haul out wood and a easy path for the deer
When I got the climber up to the right height , I noticed the fog had gotten a little thicker .....but not bad
At first light I passed on 2 does as they walked past my stand , not 10 yds away
But I notice the fog is getting thicker
About 8 AM I here a buck grunting on the far side of the woods
As I expected , it takes one of the small side trails that cross the woods
But most cross my lane close to my stand
I can follow the buck as it works it's way tward me
But now the fog has realy gotten thick
Almost exactly as I had hoped
The ......a buck emerges from the thick cover right where I had hung the scent drag 20 yds from my stand
The fog is now so thick , I can only be sure it is a buck
As I can barely make out a rack , but that is it
As I draw I am debating if I can see well enough and is this a shooter
Or just a smaller buck
Well in less than 20 seconds the fog has completely blocked my shot
I can now only see a blob that I know is a deer
I decide to hold off and hope it sticks around
Well no luck
After a few more seconds I can here it grunting as it works it's way around the thick bedding areas
I am not happy , but hopeing another buck will come through
As I set in the stand , the fog is condense ing the branchs and it is running down the tree trunk and dripping on me
I sat there till almost 11 , but only a yearling came through
BTW by 8:45 the sun had come out
By 9 the fog had almost completely burned off
I guess , depending on the wind direction in the AM
I might try that tree again
John
