nny243, i feel your pain. i hunted for over three hours on a foodplot this year. tree rats every where. i hear a squirrel jump on a pine tree to my right . i could see it out of the corner of my eye and turned to see what i waiting for . a good buck just on the other side of the tree, the d*** tree rat jumped to the ground right in front of him and man he hauled the way he had come from. i was steamed. but thats hunting.