SIDEWAYS, good luck with the dripper. I haven't seen any activity yet but then again, I've seen lots of does but no bucks following them so they must not be moving yet. I put out some Trails End yesterday too and managed to spill some all over my hands. [:-]

Antler Eater beat me to the punch with a joke about the scarecrow.Fred has definitelyset the standard. Man, I would be happy to have a buck like that walk in front of my blind or stand. I'd be even happier if I arrowed it.

Extreme, I like the blind a lot. I turned a 5 gallon bucket upside down and put a thick cushion on top of it. I can stretch my legs out and put my stuff on the ground next to me. I can rotate around silently and check out the landscape without a lot of movement. I say that because I would think the deer could still see some movement through the small mesh portholes when its sunny, so its not like you can be doing jumping jacks in there.

I think scent control is of greater concern with a blindbut I hunt in an area where the deer are somewhat acustomed to people. A good handful of year round homes, a county campground,and lots of seasonal cabins. So I figure if I shower in scent killer soap and keep my hunting clothes zipped up tight in large plastic bags and spray on some cover scent, I shouldn't alarm too many of the local deer.

Weather is good here. Warming up to the 50s but still better than the 70s. I could see my breath last night and I figure that's cold enough.

Antler Eater, what was the big controversey last year? Hopefully we'll just win hands down.