Hope everybody is stuffed and well rested. It was nice having a couple days off to spend with my
family and get a chance to sit in the cold (relative for us) and rain.

Again, you guys discipline always amazes me. Germ, that takes a lot to pass on the best buck out there
at that range. I think there's something I could learn from you.[8D] Sounds like you are getting real close.

Made 5 hunts (one in rain) - had 2 different spikes within 10 yards of my stand - one in the morning
one in evening (one was pretty intense as he walked all the way to me staring at me, finally smelled me
about 3 feet from my ladder, but didn't spook, just mosied off). First 3 hunts were slow, but last 2 (front
moving in) saw between 12-18 deer (some probably same deer). Kept waiting for a big one to slip up,
but its still not the rut here, although the bachelor pairs look split up (unlike 2 weeks ago).

After my early season bow disaster, I had to take a nice doe with my rifle to restore my sanity.
It was great to only have to track her 2 yards and gonna get some jerky, tasso, sausauge and
back straps out of it.

Looks like I will mostly be in baby mode for the next couple weeks.