Day 1 - Overslept Saturday because I set my alarm to PM instead of AM. LOL. Went and scout/hunted a different area in National Forest and found some great sign back deep. Bumped 5 deer. I'll get back to that place later. Hunted behind my house Sat evening and had a small 6 come busting by me. Someone must have bumped him from up the mountain from me as the wind was perfect. He was hauling it. I thought I had heard a sound of something like wood on metal from that general direction earlier. (trespasser?) Maybe someone took a shot at him or was walking around on the property above me. Soon after I had 8 turkey come across below me. I saw one within range and should have known there were others. When he went behind a big tree I turned to get ready for a shot and one closer to me I couldn't see flew off. When the other gobbler came out from behind the tree he was further downhill and out of range. Couldn't get a shot. He was looking for me but I was hunting on the ground with a ghillie suit on and good background cover. Never saw me. After that the rest of the group came out into a clearing 80 yards downhill and then off to roost. My buddy saw the 6 and two other bucks. None shooters. My Dad saw one of the bucks and 3 does out of range. My kids had four does in the yard with them. All in all it was a good hunt, too warm, but fun.
Day 2 - Should be cooler here by this weekend. Got home from work last night and put on my ghillie and slipped up the hill behind my garage. It's broomsage and cedar/pines but I have a food plot on the top of the hill. I was trying to make meat using one of my damage stamps I have and thought I'd set an ambush for one of the does who keep coming down to my yard. I got spotted by one doe while I was playing around trying to figure out the wind, it was almost an absolute dead calm, but they wanted down into my yard too badly to run off. You see, the greedy boogers wanted my chestnuts that were falling like reality tv stars on my yard. I can run them out of the yard and they'll be back 30 minutes later. So they ran around in the food plot briefly then settled down. I backed out and dropped down a little farther on the hill. My purpose was two-fold: the cover was thicker below and I wanted to be in a different place then when that doe had seen me. This new position gave me a shot if they walked across the top of the hill to go to one area in the fence they jump or down below if they decided to go along the back fence. I spotted a small five point in the field. He was looking in my general direction. I doubted he could see me but I'm not sure if he was hearing me or listening to my kids play in the back yard. The deer will come into the yard even if the kids are playing or I'm practicing shooting my bow so I wasn't concerned. I liked my position and figured I'd stay here until dark rather than risk trying to get closer. There was about 20 minutes of light left. Suddenly the buck dashes off towards the woods to the east. I hear something coming down the ravine below me. It's my father. He had been hunting a blind up in the woods and was hoping to get a shot at a buck he saw Saturday. I knew he was up there but he had to come out early to load some gear in his truck. He didn't know I was set up. It was still fun. When we got to the house the deer ran across the front yard and through my side pasture on into my neighbors fields and out of sight. They had circled around my whole property. FUN.
Day 3 - I'm having a blast. I have 5 doe damage stamps and I'm trying to take them with the bow. I had some more chances last night. I had some small fawn does within 10 yards but I was waiting on their momma. She got within 50 yards when the front the weatherman predicted started in earnest and switched the wind towards her. She blew out of there. Later I was crawling 35 yards, on my belly to peak over a ridge at a food plot. Nothing was there. I stood to leave and when I turned to go there was a doe 20 yards behind me, where I just crawled from. Too much fun.
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