Success close to home
 

Well 250 yards away the guy that hunts on the other side of the property had some success. He grunted this guy to about 15 feet Saturday Morning.

He hunted from the ground, worries little about scent control, smokes while he hunts, but the wind was right and he knows the land (he has hunted about 15 years on the property) So the right wind and a lot of knowledge pays off. Now If I can just get to see some deer it might be a salvageable season.

RE: Success close to home
 

Truer words have never been spoken, the wind is either your best friend or your worst enemy and being failiar with the property you hunt and the way the deer move is key in using the wind to your advantage.

RE: Success close to home
 

A couple of years ago I watched a guy walk through the woods in a pair of jeans and a white t-shirt in early archery season. He was carrying his archery equipment a white bucket and a six-pack. He crosses a creek, walks up the embankment and sits on the bucket that he tucked inside some mountain laurel. Occasion sounds of a top being popped as he went through the cold ones pretty quick. 45 minutes later a 6-point comes down the creek and stops broadside at about 10 yards. His shot was true and the deer dropped about 20 yards after the hit.

Left me in awe.

RE: Success close to home
 

Yep happens all the time. luck not much skill. I seen a guy walking in to the woods this year at 5 am with them sneakers that light up when you walk. He got one that day. Was using a steak knife to gut it.Just one of are left over pa. hillbillies