I was finally able to get out this morning for a hunt. It would be the best morning, calm, cold, I didn't need to get up super early and its hunting. We park along the road, finish getting ready,(scent free as much as possible)and make my way to the stand. I placed this stand last year and had not yet been to it, I thought I remembered where it was. Half way to the stand I notice the sight on my bow is, well, not on straight. No problem, I will move it back into place and hopefully only be a little...OFF!, It falls OFF!! Right into my hand! Now what!?! It goes into my pocket and I finish walking....past my stand. CRUNCH, CRUNCH, CRUNCH goes the leaves. Oh brother!!! An Indian I am not...more crunching...OH YEAH!! There it is!!! CRUNCH, CRUNCH, CRUNCH back to my stand that I passed by about 30 yards. Now, I'm sweating...scent free ha! Climb the stand, sight does NOT go back onto bow, deer from 5 miles away know I am in the woods, its colder than expected (due to the profuse sweating from walking and being mad about my sight....both visual and bow sight...that is in my pocket) I see two does in 3 hours not within shooting distance, but, you were at work, its Friday, the leaves are falling like a light rain drizzle, it beautiful, silent, no emergencies or critical events to manage, I just get to watch for deer, listen to the leaves fall, watch the squirrels chase each other and hear the occasional thump from a falling hedge apple. It was still a good hunt and I will definitely be back.
i know what you mean … just sitting in the woods, soaking in all that goes on, it's a beautiful thing. just so you know, i've shot three does this season -- through-and-through right in the kill zone. but, i never found any of them. last year they basically dropped in their tracks. this season they've got enough wind to leave blood trails over a half mile long -- and then nothing.
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