The temp and the winds sound like a very favorable advantage for me this weekend. Now just to be able to get out there. Think I am also going to try with the decoy and some calling techniques and see if that stirs anything up. Also, I am taking my neighbor for his 1st time bowhunting. He went last weekend with me to watch and he seen deer and turkeys so now I believe he is hooked.

Good luck to the two of you.

bad luck struck again this morning, about 15 minutes after sunrise i heard an explosion of branches breaking and hooves headed my way, a nice buck came storming by me at about 10 yards with 4 coyotes nipping at his heals, i have never seen coyotes take after a healthy deer before so i dont know what the deal was, i hung around until 10 am and seen lots of does but no more bucks.

Sounds like its time to do some coyote hunting there.

Years ago when i ran hounds,the young,uns showed interest in deer,i always thought as strong a scent they left a big part of the reason. Get a smelly buck or doe peeing on her hocs it should be very easy to locate from a great distance and then not loose it. My money on the canine,better heart and lungs for the chase. Sounds like along with onpoints suggestion a trapper could help too.

They are getting bad, i wish i was worth a damn at calling them in. Maybe mange will come through and thin them out again.

Either mange or a .223.

The .223 is ready but have never killed a coyote with it. seem to have better luck killin yotes while bird hunting or archery deer hunting. Never to worry though, the reason i was holding back was because i only had 2 broadheads left, but i re-stocked on friday so they are pretty much done for now. Believe it or not i have had more shots a coyotes out of the stand than deer, and this has been an amazing deer season for me.

Well hurricane sandy will be putting a damper on my deer hunting for the week been seeing some does no daytime horns yet, my trail cam was stolen sometime in the past 4 days so I'm pretty annoyed at the whole deer hunting thing. My baby girl should be here any day now she's getting induced wensday so deffinatelly by then. May end up weathering the storm at the hospital just to be safe. There's a myth that low pressure causes women to go into labor so id rather not have to deal with trying to get to the hospital in the middle of a hurricane. All of the barrier islands are being evacuated but not the mainlands yet. We will see what happens!

Nice work on the doe friend!