KardKutter please don't give our team a complex - remember it's LUCKY 13! Look on the bright side - you got some meat for the freezer....

bobd - Congrats on your doe!

Well, for my first day I've come home empty-handed. During the morning hunt I seen six deer - two small bucks, a button buck and some does. The button came within 5 yards of me and I could have shot him but I let him pass. He knew something was wrong...he didn't see me at least. At first light there was a deer blowing way out in the empty field. There's no way that deer was blowing at me! There was no wind early but the one buck and the does were snorting. They were downhill from me so I think that my scent was rolling down the hill towards them. I've never had a problem with scent there in the morning so it must have been due to the weather changing. I'm very unhappy that I was detected so easily after all the de-scenting I went thru... We had a short thunderstorm with heavy rain while I was in for lunch and a nap. For the evening hunt all I seen were some squirrels, chipmunks and a bird that landed two feet in front of my face. Oh, a weird thing this morning. I seen this dark orange cat that at first I thought was a fox - it went crazy running around climbing from tree to tree like it was on drugs and then disappeared. Weird! Overall it was a nice day out and I hope I don't regret passing on the button buck....