One more stand to set up this afternoon. This guys been telling me about a huge 10 point raiding his garden every nite just after dark. This will be my first trip out to his place & I'm gonna try & see where he comes from & ambush his butt on route to dinner. Might use a blind, depends how it looks. 3 more days till opener & I'm dieing here from anticipation.
Saw a couple bruisers last week on a job. Theres a creek running thru the property about 20- yards into the woods in a little valley between the houses. The valley opens into a swamp 100 yards or so downstreem & I kept looking down there thinking that it must be full of deer. Well after lunch my boss stopped by & we went to look for sign & spotted a run right away. I was squatting down looking for tracks & saw something out of the corner of my eye. When I looked up theres this huge drop tine was coming up the trail & we suprised him pretty good. He took one look & left across the valley. By the time I could tell the boss he was 50 yards away but Carl says "Yeah, look at him, nice deer" knew he wasnt talking about mine as you could just about see him at this point so I looked where he was looking & theres this nice 10 point followng behind the drop tine!
He just glanced at us & went his merry way following his companion across the brook.

From what I gather this property isnt hunted but the new owner would not have a problem letting someone on to hunt. Only trouble it he's away till the end of the month & I'v never met him. He may here from me in early October tho.

Good luck everyone, lets win this thing!