nice post..i looked at the maps of the c&d canal area ..looks pretty good. i might have to scout it during the next week or so. i love rattling in the augistine area....during the rut it is a blast. i know that there are some monsters out there. all of the tall grass allows some animals the chance to reach a nice age. i have let numerous animals walk in that area. i know i know i just cannot bring myself to shoot a spike or anything less than 8 pts. i figure that someone has to practice conservation(in a sense). i have seen a few really good animals along a persimmon row that i have hunted over the years. i also need to put more time in the few pine forest that exist in augustine ...they are small, but see alot of traveling by the deer. my lone wolf is ideal for hunting those trees.

this week should see them cut the tracts in that area. i scouted the other day for 6 hrs i had one tick on me that i know of. i walked all the way back to the beach on the island. there was some nice sign back there. it is a hell of a drag out. if u are looking to catch a big buck off guard hunt it. if u are looking for a fat doe....dont. it is to long of a drag out.
i have nearly taken does right at the parking area where the island is they bed to the left and cross the trail that leads to the shed that u can see from the parking area. that area is bean this year. last year is was corn, of course. bucks cruise that area during the rut. i have found that hunting the edges of the swamps can be productive. the animals cruise the inside of the swamp, but along the edges. the dove fields can be productive too. there were deer in the one when i was out. it has one stand on the backside and pines on both side. i saw a huge buck there 2 seasons ago at last light chase a doe clear across it. i could go on and on about that area. we will have to scout it one day. i have a friend that lives in NJ..he is hunting there this year. it should be a good year...there have to be a ton of deer. i do not think that the gunners have put a serious dent in the deer pop and i know the archers havent a good thing for us. keep me posted on what u see and i will hit the canal and aug again this week. they should mow it this week...i love when they do that. it makes scouting much easier and gives away the deer travel routes.

lemond