After sitting from dark to dark Friday w/out seeing a single deer, I finally had a young 8pt come thru 30 ft from stand last night @ 4pm, another young 8 came thru at 5:50pm passed on both but got good video footage. 2 does crashed thru behind me this am at 7:45. I was sure something was hot on their trail, but nothing? Hopefully gonna be exciting day. Not much shooting up in merrifield yesterday or this am so far compared to normal years. 
Two does so far today. Heard a buck doggin a doe but couldn’t see them. He was doing plenty of grunting though.
Slept in this morning and decided to do another midday hunt 
Well, after tracking him for 4 hours, I guess my shot wasn’t as good as I thought. BUMMER! Bob and I looked for 4 hours and never found him so we finally stopped looking. Try again tonight. 
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In a stand that I have named “the waiting game” stand. I have spent countless days here with little to no action. But I have also shot my 3 biggest deer here. So I pull my bow up at 550 and turn around to see a little buck staring right at me
“Waiting game” stand payed off. Nice 9 down! Pics and story to follow.
I’ve seen 5 bucks starting at 12:10 . One shooter 9 pt. Waiting to see if he comes through before dark
Congrats Jake! Look forward to the pics
Back in the stand for the evening. Morning was real slow, hoping it picks up like last night.
not a deer to show this afternoon…
Just had a heavy racked buck come by at 40 yd’s …to dark to shoot.he headed straight to the bedding area
We had one if the strangest things happen yesterday. My nephew shot a doe broadside & must have hit a lung. After waiting 45 min, he got in the trail, which looked like a crime scene. He followed it about 200 yds & it took a 90 turn straight into Mississippi River. He couldn’t believe it, & was sure it would be lost. He happen to scan the bank on the other side & sure enough there it lie dead. The section of river it crossed was about 150 yds w/ fairly strong current. Unbelievable that it was able to swim straight across while bleeding out. After a sweaty canoe recovery mission, he returned w/his prize! It seemed strange that the deer would take that option to try to get away.
Nice day again. Hunting public ground I have never been on. Walked in while it was dark guided only by a map on my phone. Had a spike walk right under me before I even knocked an arrow. That gives me some hope!
This is my second favorite day of the year to be in the woods 
Set up in a box blind overlooking 3 roads of winter wheat in some very thick bedding. I have seen 5 does and fawns so far and it has been six years to the day since I have harvested a mature buck….it’s go time!
Another new spot on public. Seems I found a honey hole. 5 bucks 2 does 2 fawns. One shooter at 35yds for over an hour but no shooting lane. Regardless if I shoot something or not; I am stoked about all the encounters. 
I posted this in the rut post earlier but I thought I would post it here too…….
I had the coolest thing happen to me Sunday afternoon around 1PM I grunted in a 2.5 year old 8 point to within 17.5 yards of me, he came straight to me from 75 yards out like he was on a string! He then proceeded to make a scrape right there in front of me, then he came closer up to the fence line, the fence is about 15′ from my tree, he stopped and raked some brush with his antlers and then proceeded to the fence and instead of jumping over it he limboed his way under the fence! The bottom wire is about 2.5 feet off the ground, last year I had a smaller racked buck go under the fence in the exact same spot, I am thinking it could be the same buck as last year. After he went under the fence he walked right under my tree and made another scrape 20 yards behind me. I was really kicking myself that I did not have my camera out of my back pack as I could have got some very good footage, it was one of the neatest things I have seen in the deer woods. Oh yea and I let him walk maybe I will see him again next year. 
Had this guy come to my stand tonight and check out his scape and licking branch I was hoping the big boy was following him but no such luck.
Dead calm. No deer just squirrels bringing full cobbs of corn in off the field 250yds away.
Sat last night with my good buddy, he missed a nice doe. Had a great sit this AM. Several deer spotted but none within bow range. In a ground bldnd now with jeff again spotted a 150 plus here yesterday. Wind is howling. W
Back in the box blind. Looking for a baldy. Stiff north wind today. Last day before the cold front arrives.
One doe down. One to go.
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One doe down. One to go.
Great job killa 
It’s a very nasty morning. But my tags are filled!!!!! What a week.
The beginning of 4 more days in bc before the guns go off. Sitting midway up an inside corner of an oak ridge and have seen 2 does and a fawn so far. Big boys are dropping all over the Midwest despite the warm and stable weather…there is hope!
Sitting in tree w/ pouring rain sure doesn’t seem like it will be productive, but I guess it’s better than sitting in office! 
Well, sitting here this morning and it’s very windy but no rain. So far I have seen 5 does and a fork horn buck, so they are moving in this weather. Hopefully more will show up
Have only seen two deer in the last two days. Both were little bucks that walked exactly where I want their grandfather to walk. I’ve been having some serious back and shoulder spasms yesterday and today. Hope to gut it out and get in another full day sit.
Just got settled in! Setup on lil water home hoping this heat brings the boys in for a lil drink! My bro seen some chasing going on this am here so well see what happens!
3 does so far. Way too warm here but the cold front tomorrow looks promising.
For those of you smart enough to stay on the couch…it is still raining….one fork horn so far.
This has got to be the coldest 31 degrees that I have Ever hunted! The rain and snow have stopped but the wind is a killer we have had deer pushed by us all day . I’ll be glad when the guns are back in the house where they belong
Amazing what 24 hours can do. Walk to the stand yesterday it was nearly 70, hovering around freezing now. Hoping the cold weather has them on their feet regardless of the terrible wind. One doe eating turnips as I type.
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