I had Ed down to my farm yesterday for an all-day hunt. We had a slow morning, and changed stand locations for the afternoon, just so we could look at different vegetation. Deer movement sure picked up. I saw ~14 deer, and although I claimed I'd shoot a doe if she came in range, I reneged on several opportunities. Two fawns came into the clover plot with a 5 ptr in tow... and over time more does and fawns were showing up. I had hopes for a shooter making an appearance with all the "bait" out in front. (I picked up trail cam memory mid-day and a shooter had walked thru our area the previous evening). Eventually a spike and then a nice 8(?) ptr cruised by inside the woodline opposite my stand - they put the doe herd on alert, but didn't bother them and stayed well out of range. The nice buck headed towards Ed (we were about 200yds apart), but must have diverted. Ed saw several deer at his end of the field. We both had a good time - it was nice for some deer to show up and make it better...

-fsh