Best of luck Wis RH on this weekend's hunt. He's a situation for you guys to ponder. I thought I would post it here rather than on the general forum. I've been hunting an alphalfa field since the beginning of the bow season this year and up until a few days ago I've seen deer on the field every evening (where I arrowed the buck early this fall). There have been times I would see 8-10 deer, like clockwork come out to feed on the field 10 to 15 min. after sundown (can legally hunt for 30 min. after sundown up here). Over the last few days (near a week), there have been thousands of geese landing and feeding on the neighbouring fields (all within about a half mile or so). Close to the time when the deer would have been coming out these flocks are all taking off to head back to the marsh for the night (Wen. night 5 flocks of at least 2000 birds each) blew over my head with the noise being so loud that I wouldn't have heard myself yelling (man are those big honkers loud). All I can figure is that all this commotion shortly after sundownis causing the deer to wait to enter the field till after dark. I know the deer are still in the area for there is still loads of sign that they are there. Wouldn't mind some opinions on this. The big flocks should be passed through in a couple of weeks so it's not like it is going to wreck my season on this field. Do you think my thoughts on this situation are correct? Nothing else in the hunting situation has changed except for the geese that have moved into the area. have any of you ever encountered this?