my first day could have been better as well. i found 2 new scrapes scouting friday evening and decided to climb above them. all the deer crossed about 70 yards aboce me on the gas line saturday morning[:@]. couldnt tell what they were but i kept catching them sneaking through the trees. seen about 6 different deer by 10am. there are p&y bucks everywhere in this area but somehow they stay completely hidden until the rut. i really wanted a big doe saturday to win all these heaviest doe contests in the area but i couldnt get a close shot. my chances of arrowing a trophy buck arent the greatest right now but every year i see about a dozen P&Y's during the last week of archery. maybe ill stumble across a stray one but im really looking forward to the rut

PS i hunted the same area i shot my 130" 11 point last year and he was the small one of the bunch