After 5 years of bow hunting in New Castle County, I finally found " the spot" . I tried a morning hunt on opening day only to get rained on. My nex trip to " the spot" was for a afternoon hunt. Little did I know that the nearby high school was having a football game and the noise from the loud speaker kept deer travel to a minimum, but I did see one. My third try at " the spot" , yesterday afternoon, I nailed a mature doe at 5:10 PM. I also moved my stand sight about 150 yrds, half way up a hill in a oak grove. While tracking my doe I saw what looked to be scrapes. Could these be from this year already or leftovers from last year? It was hard to tell with all the recent rain. I also found a few rubs. These where definatly made recently. The saddest part of this story is that when I was coming out of the woods I noticed someond had delivered on of thoes giant yellow background signs announcing the property was soon to be developed. Although I didn' t go over and read the sign (I will next time) I figure this may very well be the last season this area could be hunted...... so I' m gona hit it hard! -Ken
PS: " The spot" is in the Pike Creek Area.