A bright moon,a west wind,and a lucky buck...

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Last Thursday night the moon was bright. I had Friday off and was planning on getting a little hunting/scouting in for my vacation that is almost here.  

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When it comes to the full moon and hunting anything can happen. When it is here I sometimes check these tables out....

   

Notice the peak a.m. time for the 18th...

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I am heading up to that farthest ridge,I call it the first bench. About a 1/2 mile walk up the road and we will get in the woods...

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Trees have a lot of green yet although this Maple is coloring up nice...

 

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Anybody know what these are? If you said Wisteria seed pods you are right..

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Here is the Wisteria itself(the vine)  super strong,it will loosen up your house windows if you plant it to close.

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That knob just right of the big trees are where we are heading. It should be a good day with the wind blowing steady out of the west.

   

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I think one of the reasons I fell so hard in love with Archery season is because of all the color this time of year....

 

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It did not take long to spot the first rub,and we are just inside the woods. If you look beyond the green behind the front rub you can almost see the next one.

   

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It is a goo d climb to the top of the point but it is worth it.

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Almost to the top,looking back where we came from...

   

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The rubs were everywhere as soon as I got to the top...

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This one was on one side of the trail,not big,maybe an 1" in dia.

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On the other side behind this branch of leaves they were a little nicer...

 

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This one and the next two were all within a bow length of each other....

 

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Im liking this  

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