Welcome Danny.

My season Starts here in Illinois October 1st and I have to take a doe on the big property I hunt before I can take a buck. So this morning before sunrise I got in the stand to see if I could film any deer coming through the woods from the corn field, it was a bit warm but the skeeters werent to bad . I gave that spot a couple of hours and wasnt to impressed with what I was seeing
so,
I snuck outa there and headed to a spot where I was positive Doe's were bedding. It was a ankle breaking thorn and vine infested thicket just full of beds that were full of deer hair and I needed to find a tree for opening day to hang my climber in, I had seen the does on the fringe of this area on a regular basis so I did some quiet stalking on the fringe of the thicket and was able to sneak up to within 10 yards of a bedded doe. The doe did hear me and stood up but wasnt sure what it was so she just stood there offering me a perfect 10 yard broadside shot, if only it had been opening day I would of had my doe by 9:00am already.
I think I'll be back in this spot opening day in a nice tree I picked out for my climber.