Sunday, November 22, 2009

Sunday, November 22, 2009 a.m., 45 degrees, mostly cloudy, light rain, wind NE at 5-10 mph, sunrise 7:08 a.m. (Hunting opens 6:38 a.m). I decided to go back to Octopussy at Romance. Mike sat in tower at Romance. Dan went to hog back. Steve on new 20 acres. Jon went to tower on the north. Lon went to 3rd point. Riley and Chris went to Gasoline Alley. At 7:05 a.m., I had a doe and two fawns sneak through to the east of me. They were 100 yards away and in the brush. They went up the hill behind me to the south and took the old logging road back to the west. That was it for me in the am. We did the creek bottom drive and we ended up kicking up 3 does in the corn/valleys but no bucks. In the afternoon, I went to the gun fort on the north side of 171 north of Gasoline Alley. At 4:40 p.m., I had a nice 2 1/2 year old 8-10 pointer cross the field 175+ yards to the north of me. I thought seriously about taking the shot, but since it was on the neighbors I elected to let him go. Lon later told me that I would have been fine, but I just don't feel comfortable doing that. Nevertheless, it was fun to see. Everyone saw deer today, just nothing worth shooting. Mike Halder pasted up a small 6 pointer at 15 yards from the dance floor on the north side of 171. Totals: Bob - 4 deer, 1 buck. 2 more does during the drive.