Welcome to my world Brian, anybody who knows me knows that i can find absolute MONSTERS with my trail cameras.But man when im hunting, its totally different. I have glimpsed them a few times (including an amazing hunt back in October where i was 20 yards from a 170+)...but i can never seal the deal. I try everything, rattling, grunting, scents, mock scrapes. I even change my stands sitesevery few weeks to keep them guessing. I just can't seem to break the curse and get it to happen.

My latest tactic was to set up on an overgrown logging trail littered with about a dozen scrapes over a 200 yards span. Worked great, for the 5 different year and a half old bucks i saw. No mature deer have showed yet.

I guess that "ability" to seal the deal separates me from the GregH/Hunsucker/Gri22ly/buckeye/quicksilver type of hunter.

My best advice (if you still want it) would be to stick with it and remember that you cant kill a deer if your not out there. Good Luck!