Dilemma:
Dilemma:
I’ve been scouting a new hunting area….and I’ve seen a good sized 8-pointer (OK….good sized for around here) and 3 other bucks cross the road and enter my patch of woods both last Thursday morning and this morning. This is at first light (actually before sunrise)…..and they’re crossing at the same place. I can’t tell WHERE they’re going after they enter the woods……so setting up could be a problem. If I set up exactly where they’re entering the woodlot…..I take a chance on them coming through BEFORE shooting light…..and them catching my scent. If I wait and scout further…..to see where they’re headed…….I take a chance on them going COMPLETELY nocturnal (Muzzle Loader season begins here, this coming Saturday.
I’ve not hunted this woodlot AT ALL, this year…..so I know it’s clean. Would you throw caution to the wind…..and set up in there for a one-time ambush? Would you watch them a time or two more and try to do this more accurately? Would you hunt it every morning you could and take your chances (assuming the wind is right)?
Interesting, anyways!
Jeff