Here's an update on my past week of hunting. I went a total of 12 hours hunting this weekend and I didn't see a single deer while in the stand. On Sunday morning I got out of the stand at 9:00 after 3 hours of not see anything, I walked up the trail 15 yards and saw a squirrel hopping around. He came rigth up to me 5 feet away. He was just curious I guess. I turned and watched him a while and when I started walking back up the trail 2 doe were 15 yards in front of me!!! A momma and a yearling. I didn't have an arrow nocked so I just watched them until the yearling saw me and ran off.

I went hunting this moring for 4 hours. Clear sky, not much wind, temp of 45 this morning, full moon. I heard a deer while walking to the stand. I heard a deer 15-20 yards from me while arriving at the top of the ladder stand to dark to see anything. I sat for 30 minutes, and saw 4 doe passing behind me at 20 yards. It was still a bit to dark to see my whitted out brass pin sights. about 7:00 I saw 2 doe approaching in front of me. I stood up and readied to shoot. They were 25 yards away so I let them pass. Right after they passed a 7-8 pointer came following in their trail. I was about the same size of rack of my last 2 bucks. The rack up more upright and missing a browtine. He had his nose to the ground. He was around me for a few minutes. He softly grunted a bit. I'd never heard this. He then followed the 2 doe away. My cousin is in St. Louis this week so if i'd taken him I'd still be draggin him out. So an hour passed and a single doe passed 20 yards from me. I took the shot and missed totally. Bad form and everything. that was about 8:00. I had 10 more doe pass within 50 yards of me for a total of 23 deer near me. Only on doe blowed at me and that was when he was down wind of me. I was wanting that doe for some meat but i guess it wasn't ment to be. I still feel there is a lot of hunting left so I don't feel to bad for not taking the buck and missing the doe.
Wow the woods was kicken.
And out of all the deer one was a buck and I only saw 2 yearlings. I'll be practicing more tonight and hitting the trails Saturday again. They're calling for rain, We have had .25 of an inch of rain this September. So we could use it.
I hope that wasn't my last chance at a buck this year, cause then I'd feel a little bad.
Good luck to everyone thats season starts this weekend.
KK