Kardkutter, it sounds like you had an exciting morning. It sure makes it worthwhile when you get to see a lot of deer. You say you only saw two yearling... The young ones I have been seeing lately are nearly full-grown. You really have to look to be able to tell the young from the old. It must be that they have gotten plenty of food this year. Tough luck on the miss though... I've been there and I'm sure everyone else has too. I take it to mean that it wasn't meant to be - something better will come along.

Saturday I will be out for sure. It will be cool in the morning, probably about 55 degrees and they are calling for widely scattered showers all day. I don't mind a light rain - it quiets the leaves if I should decide to move about. Doesn't do good for tracking though.

Today I was practicing and I really smacked my forearm - it actually left a welt. On the next couple of shots I noticed a vibration sound. I checked out the bow to find that 're-inforcement' on the bowstring (sorry I don't know technical term) was unraveling. I called the archery shop and the guy said to bring it in. The string 're-inforcement' had to be restrung. So off came the kisser and nock points. He fixed it up and set my points back. At least it wasn't the entire string! When I came home it was too dark to check it out. So, tomorrow I will be doing some extra practice to make sure all my points are where they're supposed to be.

Almost got my doe today - with the truck that is. Two of them came out of a cornfield and went into the woods. The farmer had the corn planted right up to the road. Must have been bedding in the corn (make mental note). ....

Tomorrow I will be washing my clothes with Scent-a-Way and then using the Fresh Earth scent dryer sheets. Any of you guys ever use these - did they work good or bad?