We've been slow lately, so I figured I'd drop you guys some updates.

I just got the last of my new climbing gear in the mail - new Buckingham tree gaffs, a Klein climbing belt, the whole nine yards. So, I guess that means I'm ready to go out and hang up some stands and clear some lanes.

On the scouting front, we've been doing a good bit of spotting with very good results. I've seen the huge buck quite a few times now, and the cat's out of the bag. I was wrong with my first impression. He's not a 6x6, he's a HUGE 4x4 with main beams that curl up to look like G-4's. I'm not sure why I thought he had 6 on each side, but man, what a buck. Everybody around now knows he's there, and there are multiple cars driving through there each night looking at him. He is without a doubt the biggest 8 pointer that I've ever seen, dead or alive. I'll be shocked if he survives until bow season - there are a lot of real degenerates out that way.

We have about 20-25 minutes of (non-digital) video of 20-30 shooter bucks in the general areas where we hunt. A few of them are real hogs. My buddy is supposed to get some digital screen captures and get them online for me. Hopefully he does that, and I'll put them on here. I've been nagging him, but no action so far. Rybo, the spotting action in Greene County is off-the-hook! Sunday night, we saw 240 deer, with no less than 60 buck. We'll say that at least 10 of those were wall-hanging material.

What do you guys know about cutting lanes in corn? If I were to set a few stands around the cornfields, then cut lanes through the corn, would the deer adopt them as their primary travel routes? I've heard that they will, but I wanted some additional input before I go out there whacking down cornstalks.