Thursday, October 30, 2025

Thursday, October 30, 2025 am Sunrise 7:34 am. Hunting opens at 7:04 am. Sunset: 5:58 pm. Hunting closes at 6:28 pm. Temperature 32 degrees. Wind: N-NE 3-5mph. Foggy. Then mostly sunny once the fog lifted. I was able to secure a dog tracker out of La Farge. His name is Zach Taylor. He met me at the house at 7:00 am. We spent 2 hours looking for the buck I hit yesterday. Nothing. He was extremely confident that the buck was fine and still running. I headed back to the house to grab a quick shower, pack a lunch and headed out. I decided to head up to the Eagles Nest to give the north side a rest. I was all set and ready to go by 10:20 am. I bumped a few deer on my way in, but I should be fine sitting the rest of the day. Rob’s guys have been cutting up here, so there is some great visibility now. At 2:00 pm, I heard something behind me to the west. The neighbor was riding his ATV and kicked these 2 does past me. They crossed behind me about 10 yards away and they headed off down the hill to the east. At 2:05 pm, I had a small doe come across the hill to the west of me going from south to north. At 2:07 pm, I saw a small 6 pointer buck do the same thing as the doe, but was about 40 yards away going from south to north. At 2:45 pm, I had a small doe (may have been the same one as earlier come behind me, below the rock outcrop. She ended up heading down the hill to the north. She got to with 35 yards of me. At 3:15 pm, I had the same buck I saw earlier come from behind me and walked under my stand and off to the south and over the hill down the road. He is actually a 7 pointer. At 5:50 pm, I had another small 7’pointed come up the hill from the west. I was planning on getting some video, until I noticed a nice mature 10 pointer behind him. Of course, the little buck comes up and offers me a broadside shot and the big boys circles me to the north 35 yards away and in the brush. Snake bitten! Totals: 7 deer. 4 does and 3 bucks. One mature buck. https://share.icloud.com/photos/03aMOzFtrPrqk-qtN4t_3R2DQ