It is not that I have not tried. I have spent 67 hours hunting so far this season. I have two tree stands, two ladder stands, and one screen blind up on various parts of the Farm. I have seen does, bucks, two bobcats, squirrels, rabbits, and even one stray dog from my stands. But I have yet to get a deer with in bow range this year. I am beginning to get a little discouraged. This is my third deer season of bowhunting and all I have to show for it is one button buck I accedently shot last year.
I am begining to wonder if I am doing something wrong. Am I sitting up in the wrong place/ Am I not hunting the wind properly? Am I making too much noise or moving too much while in the the stand? I do not know. I keeping getting trail cam pictures of shooters right in front of my stands, but I can not seem to be there when they are. I have hit anything since the pig I took last June and the gar I shot on the bowfishing trip I took with the boys.
Oh well, if I can manage between church duties and bad weather, I will be out again this weekend. I am going all out from here on end. I taking a grunt call, a rattling bag, and some lures out with me. The rut should have hit its peak at the begining of this week. But the bucks should be still chasing does and I am going to try to convince them that they need to be where I am at this time.
Wish me luck.
