It was a really good morning. I got up at 4:10 a.m. and was welcomed by a thermometer reading of 40 degrees. On the way to the stand, I saw two really good deer crossing the road. One was a 140ish 8-pointer and the other was a 160 10-pointer. Since they were on the move, I figured that I would have a really good morning. Unfortunately, the morning didn’t work out like I had planned. I saw the Hole in the Neck Buck again. He was once again running a doe. I also had a big buck wind me and take off running. A button horn went back and forth behind me a few times, and a doe came down the opposite ridge from me this evening.
My afternoon hunt was all but ruined by a guy on the opposite side of the ridge. He was riding his 4-wheeler all over the place and banging stuff together. It wasn’t a good sight. It irritated me a little bit, but I’ve shot deer in the past after stuff like that happened, and you can’t control what the people on surrounding properties are going to do when you’re in the woods.
Dad had a fantastic morning over in Brown County with Brian. They both saw shooters. Dad saw three shooters and Brian saw one. The deer were running around until around noon when they came out. I can’t figure out why they came out. Since we haven’t had the best of luck, I think I would have stayed put.
This evening nobody had much action. Brian saw a small 10-pointer. The temperatures warmed up once again into the low 70s this afternoon. Although we’ve had a few nice mornings, the evening hunts have been flooded with warm temperatures. I’m not overly confident for myself, but I feel good about Dad’s chances. Overall, this week hasn’t really played out like I would have liked. I’ll continue taking it day by day to get through it. In many ways, I wish I stayed at home and hunted in the Adirondacks. We’ll see what tomorrow brings. A front is supposed to blow through later in the day and bring rain with it. We’re supposed to have a high of about 50 on Wednesday. Hopefully, that will be the day that things happen.