A woodchuck and a nice evening good size doe @10yrds for at least 20 minutes during the last half hour, as the heavy fog rolled in at @6:55 p.m.
That was it!
I glassed a fair amount this evening until I couldn't see through fog and I didn't see any other deer movement anywhere else. I stayed up in the stand well after quitting time before I climbed down, then walked the creek bottom home that's just a few yards away from my tree, trying to remain super stealthy quiet, hoping not disturb any deer if by chance they were moving about within this thick heavy fog we're having right now. At least I didn't hear any while hiking back home, but that's not saying much either cause the ground is super saturated from all the rain earlier.
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Wife told me when I got home right after yesterday's hunt at the other farm that we had a couple of young deer just outside the house living-room window late afternoon. One set of the twins I suspect, and apparently, they hung out within our front yard for a good half hour or better. If it's the pair that I'm thinking of, I do believe their mother is long gone/killed. They've been on the own ever since the first week of the season. I hope they stay close to the house all hunting season long for their own sake. One is a button and the other a doe. I have plenty of food for them to get through the entire winter to give them a fighting chance.
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IDK if I'll hunt tomorrow. It all hinges on the weather obviously. We're supposed to have a few thunderstorms. A couple possibly mid morning and one mid to late afternoon. I'll be playing it all by ear and may possibly sneak out just before the morning storms and/or just after the afternoon storm. Winds are suppose to be in the double digits too (13-17 sustained), coming from South in the AM up and through the noon hours, then switching to coming out of the West by evening. Both those wind directions will work for the same setup I hunted out of this evening.
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THUNDER's the game, the one I'm after. It was that setup he showed up at all week long, but not within legal times just yet, however very close. All the other regular local herd decent mature bucks are too still in the area with the exception of VEGAS. I haven't seen him since sometime mid summer. I hope he'll be showing up rather soon as well if he's still kickin.
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Good night 'TOO'zers!
