Good story Crappie_Slayer, I could feel the thumping as you watched the action.

Sat at ground level from 2:30 PM til dark yesterday. Heard coyotes firing up, just at sunset, followed by answers from neighboring dogs.

Earlier in the day I set more yard markers at my other stands, now that most of the ground foilage has fallen.

20 yds in the woods sure do look different than 20 yds on the shooting range.

Never saw as much as a tail from the ground blind and with the buck becoming careless in the coming days I'm thinking it's time to stow the blind for now. Besides, inquiring minds begin to wonder when spending too much time, dressed like a tree so I've been wondering why, I have been sitting in a flimsy nylon thingy on the ground when I could be (should be) sitting high off the ground (8 ft(<>)) in a cozy wood structure.

Mind you, this is not my fault but the fault of my better half. She is the one who bought me that stupid "metric" adjustable wrench.

Everyone knows, when a guy gets a new tool, something is gonna get built.

Now when the next honey-do list comes out, I need to tell my wife I need a left handed...... hammer.

I'd love to be a "mouse in the corner" when my better half ask the dude at Home Depot....... for that one.

Haven't been seeing much as usual ha 2 does came through at 3pm yesterday no bucks ,think someone bumped them Idk how this week is gonna turn out probably only gonna able to hunt mornings since the time change all hope is not lost just 90%

It's still pre rut. Last year according to my notes it was November 14 when the deer went crazy where I'm hunting. November 9 the year before and on the 3rd 3 years ago. I spent 8 hours in my tree yesterday for 0 deer. Father in law all day for 1 spotted and our buddy 4 hours for 8 seen.

My son hunted Ohio till 11:00 AM saw a big 8 pts and a little 6pt run a doe ragged but stayed out of range.

Big Tuna
My son hunted Ohio till 11:00 AM saw a big 8 pts and a little 6pt run a doe ragged but stayed out of range.

Been chasing in Ohio for about a week. Not seeing it everyday, but the monsters are showing themselves now. Have a 200"+ that the neighbor of the property I hunt took a pic of late morning and texted to **** me off 😂😂. Almost 70 and sunny now. Will play 18 holes instead of packing the climber and **** a mile to only have heat stroke.

Had a small forkhorn dog a doe across the road while driving around early this afternoon

Started all day sits last Wednesday. Seen two shooters cruising around noon but could not coax them in close enough. Passed a 7, 8, and a 9 up so far. 
 
No chasing at all that I have seen but the boys are starting to move. 
 
I thought Saturday would have been great but I only saw two dinks all day. 

Cleared some shooting lanes today and spotted a nice rub on a 2" sapling along a trail passing a ladder stand then past my ground blind. Seeing the rub certainly changed my mind about stowing the blind but also tells me maybe I should spend more time in the ladder stand. The rub is midway between the two with niether close enough for a shot should a buck stop, to work the tree.

Looking out the backdoor about 5:00 PM I see three nice doe standing in the use to be bean, but now is a winter wheat, field. Also a combine now working a bean field 200 yds to my east bordering the logging project with both areas being across the beaver pond.

I'm soooo happy!!

Beautiful morning.  Passed up an 8 point this morning (really a 7, 1/2" left of his G3 base).  Will try to get a picture up when I can get my camcorder working right. Did get video of him at 15 yds.
Saw a bunch of doe/fawns and did see some chasing off in the distance in a field but was looking through trees and never could make out a rack.  No sightings or movement started until around 8 AM today.
 

Just had a large 6 pt go by, under and around me. 16" spread but no brows and small tines. Hope no one whacks him by mistake this year unless it's a junior.