went sat morning. finally a chilly morning so we took advantage of it but didnt see anything. We saw one deer as we climbed up, but it was about 50 yards out feeding, and it was too dark to ttell buck or doe. it fed out of sight around the corner before we continued up to the stand. Im gettin antsy about not seeing those big bucks, but atleast i know two bucks are still in the area.

I parked at the top of the hill probably 600-700 yards away from our stands. As soon as i got out to get dressed, i heard bucks fighting. idk how to explain it, but its that unmistakable noise that those of you who have seen or heard it know what im talkin about. it came from a very dense pine thicket that i know deer bed down in. My friend didnt hear it, nor did he believe me, so i told him to shut up and listen. sure enough they went at it again about a minute later for probably 20 seconds. idk if you can tell much about the size of bucks from hearing them fight, but it sounded like pretty big heavy racks. i say this because i dont think little basket racked 6 or 8 pointers could make those loud pops. idk but it sounded like they had some mass to them. sound came from about 600 yards away from our stand too.

pretty positive sign, just hope they show themselves during daylight sometime this season.