It was 28 degrees when I left the tent this morning. When I returned at noon it was just shy of 70. I sat near the tube today. At first light I had a small doe and spikehorn go past me. They made their way up the hill. Shortly after three does went down the hill toward the brook. At 7:15 two does and a small buck came flying off the hill to my left. A half hour later a big/borderline 8-pointer came on the same trail grunting like a pig. I also saw fawn on the road above me at 10am. When I got back to the truck at 11:30 a nice 8-pointer crossed the pasture in front of me as I was loading my stuff into the backseat. He hopped the fence and headed up the hill. I saw one doe this evening. The wind was howling. I saw in the timber below what my buddies call the Grunt Stand. You basically have to grunt and groan as you climb a cliff to get to it. Therefore the name fits it perfectly.
Dad sat in the bowl this morning. He saw a nice 8-pointer and four does. Tonight he saw two 6-pointers in the big timber plot which is a mixture of different feed this year. It has turnips, clover and winter wheat.
There’s supposed to be a cold front moving through tonight. Hopefully the deer will be on the move tomorrow. I’ve attached a picture of what it looks like in the bowl where dad sat this morning. It’s one of my favorite places to sit on this piece of property. It’s about a hundred yard strip of timber in between a bean field and a cornfield. I’ve also attached a picture of a couple of water tanks in the farmer’s yard where I parked this morning.
This picture sums up how dad and I feel about being able to hunt this property in KS.
A view from the bottom of the bowl. I've seen a lot of bucks here.