Hi guys,

Sounds like many of you are seeing some nice deer. My seasonisn't starting off like you hope- I've got about 8-10 hunts in and ZERO deer sightings (minus the opening weekend action). Where I hunt, it's like 95% plain crop land, so pretty much all the deer are in the corn. After the corn is taken out, they generally move to the creek drainages, tree shelter belts, etc. and become much easier to hunt.

Problem is, they are saying that it's shaping up to be the wettest fall in the last 15 years. Seems like it rains every couple of days, which is reallykeeping the farmers out of the fields. With an early rut predeicted this year, I'm praying for some dry weather. If most of the corn is in when the rut hits - it's going to be tough hunting [:@]

I did just create a couple of mock scrapes - hoping to tick off some of the big boys and get them to move a little earlier and come out of the corn... We'll see what happens...

I'm going to be gone for a weekor so hunting elk in Colorado - so that will be a nice break. By the time I get back, the rut should be on the verge and hopefully the farmers were able to hit the harvest hard.

Good luck guys!!