So close...

When: January 3, 2008
Where: Morning - Recycling center
Evening - Club - stand 19
Weather: Sunny, clear, cold (around 25) and quite windy
When: 6:15 - 8:45 & 1:00 - 5:00

I started out the day bow hunting in Morris Plains. It was a really nice morning in the fat man's tree. I didn't see anything however. By 8:45 I had all the cold I could take...actually everything was warm but my feet.

The evening hunt was a muzzleloader hunt at the club. I went to stand 19. While I was walking in, right by the big feeder, I kicked out a doe who ran into the field. I tried to cap the muzzy while she was standing there but by the time I capped it she was gone. I got to the stand and set up. At 3:15ish I saw a four pointer pop out from the brush in front of the stand. He looked right in my direction so I couldn't move. Slowly I got my gun into position and as I was doing that he walked to his right a few steps into some thick brush. I waited for him to reappear on the other side but he never did. A minute later I saw 8 does running hard in the field behind the cemetary. That was the last sign of deer I saw for the night. A great night on stand!!