Hunting is a fickle mistress, eh Gary? All that anticipation - hell, I've been practicing since April and haven't shot one live critter - I got the itch bad.

I couldn't go tonite b/c the guy whose land I was hunting had a big family emergency.
Murphy's Law: I've made 8 sits since Oct. 1st all on 90 degree + days and now that the
weather is great I'm SOL for the next 5 or 6 days.

Heading back to the family place next weekend (10/20). Going to hunt that spot in my second to last picture. Got the stand set up real well for bow - 3 nice shooting lanes for most directions he chooses coming from that saddle. It has an auxiliary trail cut from a main road, which is usually favorable with
the wind and keeps me from walking down the trail.

Gonna also try to put that climber in the back on that spot I always talk about. Can't wait. Also, my dad is pretty sure he kicked up that big buck I saw last year (nice 7-8) about where I thought he was bedding. We have a new stand close to there (for this reason), and I think I figured out a way to sneak in. This early in the season, if you are close to the dominant buck's bedding area is there anything you might do to try to draw him out? It's too early for sex scents, so I was thinking about a challenge to his turf. Gary, you think I should just be as quiet as possible, right?

I know I'm rambling, but I'm antsy.