It’s getting hotter. The morning was a nice sit. It was 35 degrees but the temperature quickly made its way into the 70s. We get this heat every year. It’s amazing because it’s early November. Sometimes it’s easy to forget how far south we are which is part of the reason for the high temperatures.
I saw a really big 10-pointer this morning at 8am. I got him to come closer with a few grunt and can calls. He was behind a doe and never offered a shot before heading back up the hill. I could have smoked the doe, but he was still fairly alert. The rut hasn’t taken over his survival sense yet.
I saw another small buck at 10am. On my way out of the woods I saw a buck chasing a doe across a ridge. Today is a day I should have stayed in my stand, but I didn’t pack a lunch. This evening I hunted the same stand. I saw a 4-pointer and three does.
Dad saw a 4-pointer this morning and Doug saw a 3-pointer. Brett was pumped up when he got back to camp. He saw a giant 8-pointer behind a doe. He said it was the biggest 8-pointer he has seen dead or alive. He has seen some good ones come through his father’s taxidermy shop so I can only imagine how big this buck was. Hopefully he’ll get another look at him later in the week.