11/27/20 7th day of Wisconsin 2020 Gun Deer Season
Black Friday everyone!
I sat on “The Hill” for the afternoon!
I got up there around 1pm.
Marcus had dropped me off as I was going to sit the rest of the afternoon and the hunting party was going to do a drive.
Marcus needed the Mud Duck for the drive.
It’s a long walk to where I sit on The Hill.
If I knew my yards from my feet’s I could tell you how long of a walk it really was.
But I can’t.
There is a grassy tree line between a bean field and a hay field off a woods.
This is important to know because there is hardly any flat spots to put a chair.
This is the same area I sat a few night ago but where I sat the other night was in an opening between 2 trees.
This is where I had my blind the last few years.
I felt this left me a little exposed so I moved over and found a flat spot in front of a tree.
Yes, it was windy as usual
And the sun was at my back but so was the wind, I was thankful for that.
The hunting party was going to drive the north half of the property and the deer use this route as an escape.
Shortly after the drive started a medium size doe was running the length of the bean field in front of me.
She stopped in the clearing to rest a bit, to catch her breath and then trotted away to safety.
A short while after that I had a small 4 point buck and a fawn running down the hay field even closer to me.
They too had stopped in the clearing right in front of me.
They were exhausted as I could tell, they stopped to catch their breath and rest a moment.
They stopped and looked back as if waiting for their friends or searching for danger.
They rested here about 5 minutes before they trotted off into the woods.
I was able to get a quick picture as I didn’t want to scare them anymore.
The rest of the night was rather dull and cold.
I thought the wind would die down but it didn’t.
I was hopeful something might step out of the woods the closer I got to closing time, but it didn’t surprise me that one didn’t.
I feel right now the deer are on lock down until it is safe to move and they hear no more bangs in the air.
A tag team effort from the drive, 2 of the guys harvested a doe. Congrats Matt and Brady!
Cindy was also sitting solo and she harvested a doe and nub buck as well. Congrats!
Only 2 more hunting days!
Why is it going so fast?????