I went both yesterday morning and afternoon. Stumbled in the pre-dawn darkness to a spot I had only observed from an aerial photo. Fortunately, it went a lot smoother than Duckmastors endeavors! Found the spot OK, set-up and only had a doe and 2 fawns pass by. Could see numerous scrapes and rubs from the tree though and that was encouraging!

Set-up a stand for my Dad in the clover patch I hunted Thurs...he can see the spot from his kitchen window and 5 were feeding around the stand by evening! He should do well!

In the afternoon, I hunted a oak ridge way back behind a corn field. Saw a bunch moving to me but the swirling winds gave me away and they retreated back into a clear-cut! Had a button buck come in just at dark...I lowered my bow almost to his head before he figured out something was wrong[>:]! Them little dingbats sure are silly!!

I did some mid-day scouting and can find no real concentrations of deer! There is a little hear, a little there, but nothing really focused on any particular food source. I think the rains of this summer have provided such a huge diversity of food, the deer are moving less than normal and are really spread out! Could make an interesting rut as the bucks will have to ramble farther to find the does...maybe I' m just being optimistic[:-]!!