Sounds like you had a great opening day, Coolbrze0. <img src=icon_smile_cool.gif border=0 align=middle>
I went out to Powhatan WMA (west of Richmond) at zero-dark-thirty Saturday morning (wife got me up at 4:45 and I grabbed some coffee, my bow, pack, etc... and hauled on out there).
The WMA's should be called NWA (
NON Wildlife Area). Man, I didn't see noothing!!! I don't have a tree stand (yet), but have a real cool ground blind that I "trick up" with nearby twigs, branches, etc...
I sprayed down my stuff last night with scent-free spray and hung it in my side porch for the night. I "played the wind" (which was from the west), and came to my favorite spot and quickly setup. 1/2 hour.... 45 minutes.... a full hour.... <u>
NOTHING</u>!!! I gave up on deer and recalled that it was also opening Turkey season for bows. So, I reached in my pack and got my push-button yelper. I spent the rest of the morning trying to call turkeys. ...again <u>NOTHING</u>!!! <img src=icon_smile_angry.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_sad.gif border=0 align=middle>
Man, I don't understand it. Maybe I came into the the NWA (Non-Wildlife Area) like a herd of elephants. Who knows.... But, I talked to a couple guys around lunchtime (when I gave up) back at the main parking lot, and they too gave up and said that it was too hot, too soon, and the deer aren't moving. Plus, The rut is still a month away.
I know one thing.... I will be looking into a tree stand very soon!
Butch
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Edited by - ButchA on 10/07/2002 07:32:24