NewbHunter. I live outside of Willmar which is West Central Minnesota. Lots of farmland (soybeans anc corn) dotted with thick stands of woods. I mostly hunt in our and our neighbor's woods (with permission of course) that borders a pretty big state park where no hunting is allowed.

Anyway, went out last night for an hour and a half after work. No horned up, ticked off bucks but four does that skirted the edge of the woods about 50 yards away before heading out into the alfalfa. Tried some light rattling a few times. Ran across a couple more does walking back in near complete darkness. Very cold and windy. I was in a big tree in the midddle of the woods and swaying it with at times.

Have a nice Thanksgiving weekend Extreme and hope all goes well gettint to hunt that new land in the future. Antler Eater, I was reading in another post that you are the man for getting people set up and helping them scout. Hope all goes well helping your friend get some deer on the land he's going to hunt. He sounded frustrated.

Good luck everybody. Have to get back to work and go to parent night at daycare. We have a 13 month old. I'm not really sure he understands it but I think its more a big deal for the parents.