Morning hunt:

I got up at 4:15 am. I was at the hunting area by 5:15am. Seriously!

(I thought sunrise was at 6am.. oops. [:-]) So, Igot there nice and early.

Was supposed to meet Kendall back at the truck at 10:30. Saw three bucks walk single file along the top of the next ridge over at 10:15am. Two dinks and one half-decent buck. So, I'm in the tree, text messaging Kendall to let him know I wasn't going to be on time. Anyhow, the deer never came closer than 80-100 yards.

It was big time windy. Several squirrels kept me company.

Evening hunt:

Got to the hunting area a little before 4pm. Me and a zillion other hunters. Well, it seemed like it anyhow. Met a guy in the parking lot who has a stand a couple hundred yards down from mine. We wished each other luck and hiked out there. The squirrels were still keeping busy. Saw a doe at about 6:30pm. She was about 40 yards from me and headed towards the other guy (headed southeast). I thought I could hear more deer but it's so thick I couldn't see any. Watched a raccoon. Then at about ten to seven, I hear all sorts of crashing off to my left. Several deer were running back from the area ofother guy's stand. Then I see two coyotes follow where the deer went.

Just before dark I climb back down. The guy who hunts to the southeastof me had shot a doe. That explains the deer running back towards me. I wish him luck in recovering the deer (he hadn't looked for it yet). I tried to warn him about the coyotes, but he didn't seem concerned.

According to the sign in sheets there were about 50-60 hunters out there today.