Last night was downright scary. Tornadoes touched down in the area. Shortly after midnight, severe thunderstorms rocked the area and continued until around 7 a.m. As soon as the thunder and lightning passed, we raced to our stands. Unfortunately it was a little late. A nice 9-pointer got to the stand before me. Since it wasn’t a shooter, it didn’t bother me too much. I did get a picture of him on the trail camera.
As I was latching the stand, I scared two does off the top of the hill. Around 10 a.m. a nice 8-pointer came out of the bottom. I drew on him but chose not to shoot. When he got closer to me, I realized his antlers weren’t as big as I had originally thought. He excited me when I saw him. I’m lucky I didn’t let an arrow fly.
When I got sick of the rain, I went to check the camera near the tube. There hadn’t been a deer that passed by it. I sat in Buck Alley for the last part of the day. I saw the “Gimpy” buck, which was a deer that had something wrong with its legs. Its rack was pretty messed up, too. I almost shot it because I felt bad for it. I also saw the same doe and fawns that I saw last night.
Dad saw a shooter under his stand as he was getting there. Tonight he saw four does. The rain was tough today. We’ll see what tomorrow brings. It seems kind of slow.