When I woke up the thermometer read a solid 60 degrees at 4:30 a.m. Knowing that it was going to only get hotter, I decided to stay close to home and sit in one of my local stands.
Right after it got light out, a deer startled me when it blew. It was directly behind me, and I was positive that it had seen me. After it blew, it didn’t hang around.
About an hour after the action, a small doe made her way past me. She was cautious but not overly concerned. I really like the place where the stand is set. It feels awkward to hunt in a place around home, especially since I can hear cars in the distance.
When I got out of the stand, I walked to a camera that’s within sight of my stand. After pulling the card and looking at the first few pictures, I figured the date stamp was wrong. A deer had just walked in front of it two minutes before I got there. Two minutes isn’t a very long time. I’m still trying to figure out why I didn’t see the deer. I’m beginning to think that it might just be one of those years. I’ll take it as it goes because I’ve been extremely fortunate in my deer hunting career.