Well, I tried the swamp because that's what everyone wanted. On my way out I noticed a LOT of tracks in the CRP/beans section not too far from my ground blind but I kept going. Once I arrived at my stand I noticed a few pretty good trails within shooting distance. Unfortunately one of them is right under my tree! I dont' know when the deer started using this one, but that's gonna have to get fixed for next year. Some selective tree harvesting should do the trick.

So I got in my stand and not 30 minutes later some kids on the other side of the swamp from me come out of their house and decide to snowboard and play tackle football. This happens on occassion and it never fails that they bust deer out of the swamp. I decided to forego the stand and hightail it back to the ground blind before it was too late.

Once I got there and settled in for the night it wasn't 20 minutes and 2 guys on snowmobiles come by. [:@] After they tore up my fields for a bit I just gave up and called it a night. Luckily I was able to chase them down with my truck a little while later and give them an earfull about trespassing on private property (not to mention screwing up my deer hunting).

So there you have it. Tonight was a lose-lose situation no matter where I sat!