Hey guys sorry I haven't been on here in a week or so. The action here in Southern Indiana has been pretty slow. The only day that I saw chasing was Nov 3. Since then it has been very slow. I have only seen two nice bucks this whole year. About every day I go I can shoot a small buck because they are always walking around. I haven't even been able to shoot a doe.

Two nights ago I had my best opportunity at a nice buck. I hunted a different spot about 30 minutes away from my house. I have hunted this spot about five times before and have never seen a deer while hunting. But the sign I see is amazing and I know that there are deer in there. But anyway I was in my brothers climber and was in a spot I thought would be very good. I was only 80 yards or so from a road but last year this spot was tore up with sign. So I already had a hang on stand on the property and after the hunt I was wanting to remove it and take it to the farm I normally hunt to get ready for gun season. So it was about 20 minutes before sunset and I hadn't seen a thing so I decided to get down. I go my bow and backpack and tied it to my rope and got ready to lower my bow down. I was about to lower it when I heard something to my left. I looked over and saw legs. So I hurried up and untied my bow and tried to nock an arrow. Now I couldn't really do much becasue I am in a climber and have a backpack in my lap and am holding my bow. So I can't stand up and to make matters worse I am left handed and cannot shoot to my left without shifting in the stand or just standing up. So I look over to see a nice wide 8 point just walking along. But whenever I untied my bow the string it fell down onto the leaves below me and made a noise. As soon as it did the buck stopped and looked around. He knew something wasn't right and would not come closer. He is about 20 yards away and starts to walk away. So I fumble through my backpack and wipped out my grunt and buck roar call and blow it a few times. He whips back around and stops about 30 yards facing me but I am still sitting and can't do anything. So he couldn't see another buck so he walked off.[:@]

But that is the only action I have seen and I have logged at least85 hours in the stand this year. Usually I see a lot of action and already have a nice buck in the freezer. I have talked to other guys and they say this is the worst year of hunting they have ever seen. We think it is becsue of the drought and the blue tongue disease that is going around in this area. So hopefully I can get something this weekend. I will keep you posted.