Well, it started off bad, but......
Didn' t get anything but enjoyed it non the less. I have only been able to spend 6 hours in the stand this year so I was determined to spend the whole day without disruption hunting. Started by leaving NJ heading for Md at 3 in the morning. An hour into the drive and cruseing down I95 a van traving about 1/4 mile in front of me bounces off the guardrail, does a 180 and ends up in the left south bound lane facing north. Wanting to go hunting in the worse way I thought I would just drive arond it and keep going. Just couldn' t do that so I stopped and checked on the people inside. The driver had a pretty good gash in his head so I dialed 911 and stayed with them till athoritys arrived. After reliezing there were no serious injuries I started to reflect on my season and decided no matter what I would do someone or something was determined to keep me out of the woods this year. I arrived at the woods just as the sun came up and deer were everywhere, in the yards and in the gardens and immediatly dispershed into the woods, game over. The morning ended up just being a scouting session. Evening was a little different. Had a 16" eight point at 12 yards then a spike at 15 and then a couple does and the 8pt again. That was between 4:30 and 5:30. While the 8pt and does were out in front of me this woman carring her little dog came walking down through the woods and sat on a big rock while she let her dog run around. After she leaves a man dressed in regular cloths comes across the creek passing 35 yards from my stand and heads up the hill to the houses. Don' t know where he came from or what he was doing, awww the challenge of residental hunting. At least I saw deer so it was all in all a good day. Hope that 8pt is around nest year as he will be a good one then.