We had 7 hunters in our group that hunted 8t and 8p areas .
Our area I seen 2 tinkerbells (fawns ) I could have jumped on there backs ...Sorry guys I dont intentioatly shoot very small yearlings ..
I seen 2 bigger does later opening mornig in 8t but they were running at over 300 yards ,,and I was in a portable with no rest .
My son seen 4 does and missed a big one .
On the last day he had a neck shot only at 60 yards free hand on a 5 pointer but mised ,, AARRGGHHH ...
Our 3rd hunter in our group seen not one deer in 2 1/2 days of hunting in 8t .
Our other group hunted 8p ended up with one small buck being missed , one 7 pointer that was average size being shot and a HUGE 8 pointer and a doe being taken..
If it wasnt for a local stopping with his car to look at the huge buck and doe in the field my hunting buddy would never had got a shot at them ,, They got nervous and ran to within 100 yards and stopped .
So after 7 hunters in 2 1/2 days of hard hunting we ended up with 2 bucks and 1 doe ..
Last year I was the only one of six hunters in 8t and 8p to take 3 deer ,
Seems as if the deer population is way down ???