Hunted the new place tonight for the first time. Arrived at 2 to find nobody there. Went ahead and got down to my stand and low and behold there are 5 empty slug cartridges underneath it. Evidently the SOB that was there sat night was in my stand! The least the moron could have done was pick up the cartridges to hide the evidence.

Anyways, let me first say that i totally blew it tonight. I missed an 8 pointer right at dark. I think i missed low, he was out in the field and it only looked like 60 yards max, when i got down to look for blood it looked a lot further, im gonna say close to 90 yards. I'll have to remember that for next time, im not used to hunting open fields and my distance judgement was off. He wasnt a monster but he was bigger then anything else i have been seeing. I saw 2 bucks, both were 8 pointers, they nearly went at it in front of me. They got all bristled up and stared off at each other but nothing came of it. I also seen 13 doe. This place is LOADED with deer. I had passed on the buck i shot at 3 different times, but each time he looked a little better so i decided to shoot. I was stunned i missed. I may have to get out my muzzy to hunt this place, im not sure the 12 guage can cut it unless the deer come in closer.