The full moon is good for getting in and out of the woods without a flashlight. Otherwise I think it sucks.

I was out from daylight to dark yesterday. 'Cept for one hour that I had to climb down, go pee and then go sign in for the afternoon hunt. I saw another hunter at 6:30am. I saw a 1.5 year old buck at 7:30am. A 3.5 year old eight pointer at 8:22am. Another hunter at 11:30am (same guy walking out). I climbed down at noon. Signed back in and was back in my stand by 1pm. A doe had bedded down by my stand in that time. [:@] I jumped one along the trail on the way in too.

A possum came by at 3pm. Ten minutes before dark two does came by.

My biggest impression of the day was that my boots are really, really uncomfortable for an all-day stand. I'm not seeing much rutting activity other than the bucks just kind of wandering around. No chasing to speak of. I must be hunting the celibate part of the park. [&o]