a turn for the worse

[bayoukid]

A few days ago, I came across a large hardwood bottom I didn't know I had access to. Anyway, there are fresh scrapes and rubs everywhere. Yesterday, I hung a lock on in there over looking where I expected big boy to show up. We had a cold front move in with Northernly winds so, I set up South West of the scraps. I hunted this morning, it was a perfect morning and a perfect set up but, no deer. This afternoon, the wind direction changed back to coming out of the South West. I was hoping that possibly he would show up from South of me. Right at dark, here comes this really nice buck. He comes right where I expected him to come the first time which now, the wind was not in my favor. I get ready, see deer, see horns and wheeewwwww whewwwww wheww, he scents me as he was coming in from the North. Oh well, I have 3 more months. He will mess up again with the wind in my favor. That's why they call it deer hunting!

[DocHolladay]

Dang wind. Thats what I dont like about hunting in the woods. To much swirling, but the deer seem to love the woods. Just hunt it and let the wind do what it will....

[bayoukid]

I'm debating on going back there this evening. It is hotter than yesterday with the wind the same. It is a 20 minute walk there and I will get all sweaty again.

I went out this morning to a different spot, a food plot here around the house. As I was walking up on one end, a yearling doe was walking in the other. I just squatted down and had the gun up. She wandered to within 35 yards of me, eating corn and nibbling the grasses. I let her walk. She turned her back and I stood up and stepped to the side and walked off and she never knew I was there.