Saturday, September 26, 2015

Nada

Went to the club on Saturday.  I was alone and went to stand 13.  It seems a bit more rickety than I would like but I got up anyway and sat from 2 until dark.  I saw nothing at all

Friday, September 25, 2015

Friday!

Left work a bit early and hit behind the recycling center.  Saw nothing but a bunch of squirrels.

Saturday, September 19, 2015

I'm really a tree hugger

Went to the dump today in the morning.  I got there around 5:15 and while I was climbing up the tree I heard something behind me.  I was making noise and had a flashlight so surely it couldn't be a deer...must be a guy (or a bear) so i shined my (blue light) flashlight towards the sounds and there was a deer, literally 5 yards from me.  I covered the light and hugged the tree.  There was more than one and they walked around for a good 10 minutes while I hugged the tree.  It sounded as though they walked down the hill and I finished my climb.  When it got light, there was no sign of them, however. I saw nothing else either.

Friday, September 18, 2015

Buck from a distance

I took off work early to get some hunting in.  Whew it was hot!  I almost didn't go but did.  I went to the club and wanted to sit at 5 (the road between the fields and first place I got a deer a the club).  I sweat my ass off on my way into the stand but it was a nice, comfortable sit.  I was facing the field so that, where I expected to see deer would be to my right.  At approximately 5, I saw a (what a think was a) 4 pointer at the rock wall.  It fed for a bit and then wanted to get out in a hurry.  Did it see me?  did it smell me?  Not sure.  The only other thing I saw was a guy with a power hang glider...that was pretty cool.

Saturday, September 12, 2015

Opening day - 2015

It was a fairly uneventful day.  The weather has been rainy the last day or two, but this morning it was clear and beautiful.  Cooler than it had been lately.  I went to the Recycling center and sat in Sam's tree.  I had, a week earlier, set up a feeder and camera.  I got into the tree at 5:30 and sat until 9:45 and saw nothing but squirrels.  On the way out, I checked the feeder and swapped out cards.  I went home for a siesta and checked the card.  There doesn't seem to be a lot of action there but there was, on two occasions, a 7 or 8 point buck that is frequenting the area.  So that got me juiced to get a doe.

For the afternoon, I decided to head to the club.  I was the only one there and it was really threatening to rain.  I got into 13, which has really grown in, and only lasted about an hour before it really started raining.  I didn't feel like soaking in the rain so I left.