WI Bow Season 2005 Thread - Deer Hunting - Deer Hunting

It is finally here
I went out this afternoon to get the early blunders over with and get a stand in place. Actually, I took the climber and the DB blind and would decide which to use after I got out to the hunting land and checked the wind situation. The wind was fair so I decided to take the climber to my favorite stand site that has been a great producer for the last two years. I usually have a lock-on stand set up 2-3 weeks ahead of time, but this year it didn’t happen. So, I figured I would just use the climber on the same tree. Well, I had forgotten about the dead limbs that were on the tree and in the way. No problem, I can just saw them off on the way up. Well, that was blunder #1. Left the saw on the front seat of the truck So, I had to look around and find a good tree that I could climb. I found one not to far away and got the climber ready. Let me tell you, I am rusty I made more noise then a herd of turtles Then after getting the climber adjusted, I then had to get my full body harness on. I learned how to do the Twist, Jitterbug, and square dance all at the same time. Okay, now I have worked up a sweat I finally get up in the tree and immediately decide this isn’t the best spot, but it will do for tonight. It was good to be in the tree again and starting to fine tune the few senses I have left. Now we all know what is out there during early season Skeeters. Now some of these little buggers were pretty decent. They would land nice and easy, get a meal, and be gone before you even knew what happened. But, there were also some baby ones that really need to sharpen their sticker The sucker must have been dull, cause they hurt like mad when they stuck you. I watched one rear up on his hind legs and use all his strength to jam the blood sucker in. She had to try a few times because the first couple, I could see her fall back and the get up shaking her head Anyways, around 6:30 or so I notice the white flicker of a tail in the corn field. I had confidence in this particular area, and seeing the deer just reinforced it. After I seen the deer feeding away from me, I gave a soft little doe bleat and got their attention in a hurry. At first I just saw the one fawn, then after bleating I noticed the second one. They didn’t want to leave the corn field, which is fine because I wasn’t going to shoot the fawns. A little later the fawns appear on the trail that goes from the field into the corn and connects near my stand. Then a yearling doe and a BIG mature doe stayed out in the corn a little ways. Here is blunder #2. When I walked to the stand area, I wore a short sleeve shirt and walked into the woods on the main trail Now, normally this isn’t a problem as the deer have always come from the woods to the corn. So they really never spooked before I had an arrow in them or passed them up. Anyway, the fawns came within 10 yards of me and stayed for awhile. The yearling doe caught the scent on the tall bushes I brushed against when I walked in She would not come into the woods at all. SO then it got close to dark and I headed out with a new plan on getting in and out of the stand