Last night I talked to my dad about a spot we hunt close to home here and he told me he's been seeing a lot of does up near a small patch of woods at the edge of a soybean field and he thinks it would be a good idea to sit near the woods and hope a buck comes in looking for the does. I told him it sounds like a good idea in theory, but all the deer I've seen heading towards that spot are usually going later in the morning and since I have only a limited amount of time to hunt before I come to work that I was gonna sit in my stand in a fencerow where the deer come out of a cornfield at first light.

But come this morning I decide I'm gonna sit at the edge of the small woods that overlooks the bean field thinking that just maybe I might catch a buck slipping through. Well, come 20 minutes after light I look across the bean field by my other stand I usually sit in and out come a doe and a yearling into the field. They trotted into the center of the field and kept looking behind them every few steps. Low and behold not 2 minutes later my worse fear comes true. A huge buck appears out of the cornfield, through the fencerow, 10 yards from my stand I'm not in, and into the beans after the does. They eventually ran into the woods I was watching, but probably 80 or 100 yards out from my stand. Doesn't that just figure?? But wait, it gets better!

20 minutes later I hear deer running about in the woods behind my stand so I pick up my bow and get ready. Sure enough, the doe and her yearling come bolting out of the woods on a trail that runs 20 yards from my stand, and the big buck is right on their trail! But wouldn't you know it, the minute he gets 10 feet from my shooting lane he stops, stands around for awhile, and turns back the way he came! I couldn't believe it! Twice in one morning I miss opportunities at a 140 - 150 class buck!

Ah well, it was still a good way to start off the day. Hopefully tomorrow morning things will work out in my favor.

Edited by - Zarr on 11/07/2002 08:32:28