Just take some dramamine and get in the treestand!  

Too many dead limbs falling.

Besides, I’m not good enough to judge windage with regard to the flight of a bolt in a 50 knot gust.

Boy if it's one thing making me wish I was afield it's this wind and seeing the trees swaying sure brings back fond memories of, Rock-a-Bye BTDT in a tree.
 
Crappie_Slayer, was a good night for you...….. was a good story for me, thanks for taking us along.
 
DarDys I enjoyed the ground blind story as it brought back memories...…. stupid ground blind.  Hell one time I thought I'd outsmart the wind and just collapse my blind on the ground then place some small logs on the thing.  Ya know, them things are pretty rugged and can take a beating, being blown through the woods.
 
Good luck to all yunz all, hunt safely and aim to kill.   

Never seen a ground blind take off...but I've seen a number of ice shantys take off when people vacated them. Somewhat comical unless its yours. Almost lost mine once.

Was hoping this afternoon would setup just like yesterday with a stiff westerly wind and rain in the AM. Had plans of taking the climber in near where I was yesterday and trying to close the gap just a little on where them bucks came through yesterday. Everything was going according to plan weather wise, but the rain hasn't stopped. Decided to stay in

Sit no5 yesterday evening pretty lame seen 2 does that busted me and a red fox, killed 2 woodys in the am on my 35min duck hunt hopefully tonight will pan out better on deer action

All I saw tonight was a little 3pt that came in from behind me and right under the stand. Nervously hung around for 5min before he went on his way. What the weatherman said was supposed to be a NW wind ended up coming from every which way for the 3hrs I was in the stand. This is why I prefer days with a stiff wind that I can actually use

Sit no6 saw 7 does and a fox twice, it tryed to attack a yearling it was pretty cool to watch really good looking fox to I have something for him given the opportunity....checked a card to my supprise there was 7 bucks on my cam nothing crazy but 3 I would shoot in the past week, buddy seen a good sized shooter doggin 2 does tonight no shot we spotted last evening around our block seen 3 defiant shooters one was a tank ........things are starting to get going

Sounds like an entertaining sit with the fox thunder

Drew a blank tonight. 

It was my plan to get home from work about noon yesterday; mow the grass one last time (we have our-of-state visitors coming Sunday); and hit the treehouse by about 4:00. Deer have been showing up at the neighbor’s at around 5:00.

On my way home, I got a call from a craftsman that was making a carved wooden sign for friends of ours anniversary. He said the sign was done and since we were to take those friends out for an anniversary dinner on Saturday, he would bring it right over.

He showed up at about 1:30; one thing led to another; and he finally left at a tick or two after 5:00. I made the executive decision to not have my wife mad at me and decided to mow the grass. If I were lucky, I could finish before it hit dark (mowing 3 acres).

Well, I made about four passes when I saw movement at the far tree line of the neighbor’s. I stopped the mower and could see a deer doing the stiff legged prancing thing like a show horse doing dressage. When it picked its head up, I could see antlers. Keep in mind this is probably 250 yards. So I knew it was definitely a shooter. But I was able to put it to rest because it was so far away and would never end up near my treehouse.

A few more passes with the mower and I spot 5 deer in the lower corner of the neighbor’s property where it meets mine. I stopped the mower and got the binoculars. Three were big does and the others were fawns. From where they were, it is about 60 yards through the woods to my treehouse.

I was able to quell this by assuring myself that at this early stage, I’m only interested in a buck.

A few more passes with the mower and the does start to move at a fairly rapid pace into the woods, headed for my treehouse. Then, I see that buck, still doing the prancing thing come across the field and follow them into the woods. At 150 yards, he looked high and heavy.

I didn’t get the mowing done because of darkness.

I thought I would be out at the butt crack of dawn this morning, but I was not because unless I could reach out and touch a deer, I wouldn’t know it was there because of how dense the fog was.

There will be no hunting this evening because we have to go to the anniversary dinner thing. I’m sure they will love their custom sign. And when they ask if it was expensive to get made, I’ll answer, “No, it only cost me a buck.”