We’ve only been here a few days, but time is flying. I wish I could slow it down a little. It’s hard to hunt and scout at the same time. We’ll do the best we can to learn the area and make the most educated decisions we can in case we come back in the future. The learning experience should cut down on exploring time in the future. We hunted the first swamp this morning. It didn’t start off well when I got to where I wanted to go and someone was flashing a light at me in the three different colors; white, green and red. I found a tree before daylight and made myself comfortable. After I settled in I realized I was sitting in a pretty good place for setting up in the dark. I saw three 6-pointers and three does. Dad didn’t see anything. After we got back to camp we decided to go exploring again. We found what looks like an incredible place along another river. I saw one doe there tonight. The place I put my stand is a text book example of what a perfect funnel looks like in the Midwest. The only discouraging thing today was how many ladder stands we found during our exploration of the area. Although it’s public land the people have it monopolized for gun season. I’m not sure how fair that is, but I guess since they’re following the rules that the department of conservation established there’s nothing anyone can do. What’s the sense of hunting public land if someone stakes their claim to it every year. Not to fair. I think it should be first come, first served. I could write all day about this topic.