Monday Nov 17th
12 degrees that morning and it started off slow.
Had seen one or two does early at about 425 yards and that was it.
My buddy Mark was in the stand with me that morning.
About 9 AM he looks at me and says "there is a doe right here "
Sure enough, 40 yards in front of the blind there was a doe standing in the CRP grass.
Couldn't see much of her because the grass is about 6 feet tall right there.
About the time we saw her I caught movement out of the corner of my eye.
I saw this buck with his nose on the ground on the same trail we'd seen the does on at daylight.
He was obviously on a hot doe.
We watched him for 5-6 minutes birddogging her through the grass as he searched for his lost love.
At about 250 yards he turned and started right toward the stand.
He ended up right where we'd first seen the doe, at 40 yards.
A neck shot at 40 yards was his undoing.
He didn't have any brow tines or he'd have been given a pass.
Ironically I shot last years buck just before 9 AM on Nov 17th.
Stay tuned, archery season is open until Jan 15 :grin:
