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Michigan Pt. 1

I'll go a different direction. Suck it up, buttercup. You're bringing me down. Quit being such a whiny ass. That only works for @finelyshedded

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We've all been there man. You put in the hours and hunt hard. Much respect for that. Most of us aren't willing or able to travel and hunt multiple locations/states/public/private let alone making it happen. All the while keeping TOO well entertained with your shenanigans. Tomorrow is a new day.
 
Settled in downwind of the bench that I had my big buck encounter at. Doubt he and his doe will come back through here, but after doing some additional still hunting and scouting, I’ve put a few more pieces of the puzzle together for how and why the deer move here and how they utilize the monotonous rolling hills terrain. Unlike Ohio, there aren’t any thickets other than random clear cuts along the roads, at least in this area. The deer up here don’t really seem to have bedding areas and just plop down wherever.

Had to pause typing, had a doe fawn come in. I was going to let her walk, but when she got to 15 yards and I figured I had to take her lol. Got busted drawing, probably for the best. Got some cool video of me getting busted tho 😂 She wandered into the bottom silently and not too spooked.

The way this sets up is about perfect for the deer to bed below me with the wind in their favor, and a fresh rub and scrape line going into the bottom from the opposite hillside. Wind direction is perfect as far as I know, and the thermals will only make it better. 5-15mph wind today as opposed to 25 with 40mph wind gusts yesterday is an awesome change of pace. Based on the deer, deer sign and doe this am, my confidence is pretty high.

Levi texted via satellite a bit ago and said he had a nice 8 chasing a pair of does at 40 yards. Hopefully we get something to hit the dirt today. If not, that’s okay and I’m looking forward to hunting at home and coming back up for rifle in a week and a half.
 
Haven’t seen anything since that doe, so I decided to bang the antlers together. Glassed around before hand and didn’t see anything. Tied my Nalgene to my pull rope to stir up the leaves while rattling. Within 30 seconds of doing a very loud and realistic sequence, a woman comes walking down the trail at around 150 yards. I quit calling and sat tight. She walked past me at 9.3 yards and never saw me nor heard me with her air pods in. Props to her for getting her exercise and wearing bright clothes, no props for having 0 situational awareness though. I can’t be mad, it’s public land and I’m right off a marked hiking trail. Cracked me up tho, talk about timing.
 
It’s crazy how people are. All the time I’m telling women that are walking alone to have your head on a swivel and be aware on what’s going on around you. I get within five feet of them with a diesel kabota and they don’t even know I’m behind them with the ear buds in lol. I’m sure it’s better up that way but this world is full of crazy’s!