boy my blood is pumpin!!! just got in from coon hunting...terrible night...REALLY bright...coons not moving good...deer not out....just a pretty ugly night...beats anything else, but ugly none the less...but last drop we went and got the dog out of the hollow and came back out and was leaving and we caught a deer in the headlights crossing the driveway about 15yds infront of the truck! he immediatly dropped his head and was in thick stuff but stood not fair off the drive....we got a pretttttty good look at him...drove up and backed up 5x trying to get a good view and finally got a pretty good look...he wasnt a monster, but boy did he look like a dandy....looked to be a 10pt with a 14-16" spread and had pretty good tine length....good beam length and mass wasnt bad...probably a dandy 2.5yo...maybe 3.5 but i doubt it...id say hes carrying a good 100-120" of bone on his head(probably 110ish give or take...i couldnt get a good feel for tine length but he had it and carried it all the way to the G3s and 4s were ever 3-5" and brows looked 3-5" as well... just a solid buck.....

GREAT NEWS is he was within oh....400yds of the honey hole or so!!!! better news is, the way he was coming says he just MIGHT have been coming from my honey hole...i know the honey hole has about the best/most perfered bedding in the whole area...we'll see....hoping thats where hes living...this was just before 11pm...so its hard to say.....did look ALOT like the buck that i didnt get a shot at opening morning last year, just bigger...and we didnt kill that buck or hear of him getting killed...so very well may be....


nice rob! have you used the ladder stick deal before?? i got 2 hang ons in the basement i didnt bother hanging this year...hung them last year, and beside hanging and taking them down being a major task, screwing in steps and climbing them isnt much fun....and i have to take atleast the bottom 10-12 feet out and lock it up...taking the steps out helps prevent theft, but screwing them in in the dark stinks....and, frankly they aint nearly as nice or comfy as my Viper...though i know they are cheapos...thought about the ladder deal and could take a section or 2 out and maybe they would be easy enough to throw on my back and throw on the tree when i wanna hunt that tree...just some spots its REAL nice to have a stand hung and accessible to sneak into without the summit on my back...but gotta be a better way then them danged screw in steps...