Guys......It's just hard for me to tell you all how my deer are. I CAN'T take a leaf blower into this spot.....without blowing out every deer in my herd. At this time of year.....I'm hunting that close to their bed.

What I WOULD like to do......is get a rake attachment for my 4 wheeler to rake a path.......BUT......I couldn't even get the 4 wheeler close enough for this to be effective.

I have a LOT of deer in my herd. I saw 69 over Thanksgiving.......and Rob/PA and I saw that many in ONE DAY when he was here.

Joe Borooks Resume'(at least visually) is nothing to sneeze at. He makes the contention that a person running sounds like a FEW deer running through the woods. I've seen deer running through the woods and have watched other deer never move (like.....say....Friday afternoon). I think THAT's where he was headed. And...who am I to argue with his success? He didn't say it was THE tactic to get to your stand......he said it was "A" tactic.

I've actually done it.....and I saw deer, that day. I've not done it.....and seen deer, too. I've utilized all the other methods mentioned and seen and NOT seen deer.....so how do you know it DOESN'T work unless you've ACTUALLY tried it??

I brushed leaves around with a stick entering my stand site and illed a deer, this year. I walked in rather quietly.....all the way to stand, Saturday......then realized I left my release at camp. I trudged back to the 4 wheeler (at a friend's camp).....rode it back to camp.......trudged back to my stand where I was BOWhunting....and everyone else was gunhunting.....and killed a nice 2-1/2 yr old buck.

We can do many things to help aid us in our quests......but this is NOT rocket science. I've learned that, too.

Jeff