5 years ago I woulda been in my stand this morning!

[reeltime]

OOOOYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

when they changed the opening of archery from the 15th to the 3rd

saturday of oct. I didn't like it cause some years it was going to take

away one of best dates! oct. 15th has ALWAYS been a good day for

me, 4 yrs in a row I killed a buck on oct. 16th plus or minus 5

minutes of 6:00 pm! I have killed probably 30 other deer on the 15th

over the years.

I went and grabbed all my cameras out of the woods a little while ago

and low and behold my hottest stand set was visited this morning!!

hopefully he follows the doe's in tomorrow morning again!!!!

[33canuck]

I would say if that is his routine you will be posting pics of you holding him this time tomorrow. Good Luck

[salmonite]

i can't make them bigger.... is that two biggins following that doe???

[reeltime]

salmonite, yes the 2 big ones are on a doe with a couple little ones

33canuck,, you JUST about spoke true words!!

It was much windier than I like for bow hunting saturday morning but

my one stand is usually perfect for a NW wind in the morning. the

only problem was the deer didn't follow the "script"

I was covered with turkeys all morning and between all the calling

and scratching and movement from 40 birds around me it was

making it difficult to concentrate on deer sounds and any movement.

8:00 I catch movement off to my left about 60 yards down the swamp

its the littlest of the 2 fawns with 4 ropers ( longbeards ) she starts

chasing the turkeys around and then the bigger of the 2 fawns comes

out to join the fun. Soon after that the doe steps out and makes a

few jestures to tell the kids to knock it off!!! They settled down and

then all 3 began to feed up towards me. Not good as they are headed

right towards my scent stream, but they will likely pass at less

than 10 yards and with being up 28 feet I should be ok, between

the scent control I take and being up so high I am hoping I am

gonna be OK.

As I am watching the doe and 2 little ones pass under my stand,

literally! I am watching them through the slats in the base of the

stand I look up and here comes that same 10 point that I had

the pictures of the day before!!!

If he will follow the same path as these doe's it will be a slam

dunk shot at 5 yards or less!!!

well not only did they not follow the script on what trail to come

in one HE decided to walk right through the brush at 10 yards

and for 20 minutes within 10 yards of me and I never had a shot!

while frustrating as it was it was also fun having a big mature

buck that close for so long and him never knowing I was there!

The season is long and I got plenty of doe's there to hold them

and sooner or later either that big 10 or big 8 is going to make a

fatal mistake.