I must be cursed. I switched this weeks afternoon off to today because 1) its suppose to rain Thursday and 2) the wind down Smyrna way was suppose to NW - NE until tomorrow. Well, get down there and it was blowing good from the NE. After getting in the stand for 20 mins, it swings to the SE! and stays that way until decide to call it quits at 7pm. Saw no deer, but with that wind, they would have made me before I even saw them. [:@]

Im done now until next week. Keep the hunt posts coming!!

well..the only thing that i can say about the wind blowing wrong once u r in the stand....Scent loc

Adam,
The bucks still have full velvet...I saw one that had a patch scared on his main beams.

Looks like Friday and Sat should be good. Cooler temps and steady winds! [:-]

That' s what I wanted to hear.

i read thAT when the velvet is off ...a deer is ready to breed even though the does arent. meaning they may respond to some breeding tactics?? anyone have anything on that subject. if so, tactics that u use in november may work in mid october.

I would say they are pretty much ready to breed at a moments notice like the rest of us.

hunted this evening,,,,and saw alot of deer i was shocked actually, but they were out. 2 bucks and 8 does. all were seen near bean. sooooo, i will be out earlier on the next hunt and i know to hunt as far away from everyone as possible...i took the 20 min walk. way backkkkkkkk

Any of you hunters hunt the cd canal (bow). i scouted quit a bit before the opener but have only been out twice so far. been hunting around the beans, lots of sign, but have not seen anyhing since my last scouting trip. think it could have somthing to do with dove season? real thick and skeeters are bad. thermocell works good but the deer may be able to smell it.

I spent Monday morning in NCC near the pike creek area and didn' t see a thing. I' m going to say it was due to the rain because just one week before I saw 5 deer in less that two hours. I wont be able to get back at it until the weekend.

Still knocking on doors asking permission but no luck as of yet.

I have hunted around the canal a couple of years ago. Just didn' t like the area. Alot of people driving and or walking around. I found a spot that looked like a small shanty town where homeless folks where camped out. It kinda gave me the creeps and I haven' t been back.

DE HUNTER, was that on the north side of the c&d, have' nt seen anything like that yet but you diffently need to check around your vehicle before coming out of the woods. i' ve seen some weird stuff while out there. it seems like most of the sign i find is almost always where there r no trees, i know it sounds weird but do you think the deer could be that smart. i dont hunt there during firearm , to dangerous