Saturday, September 18, 2021 pm

Saturday, September 18, 2021 pm Sunset 7:15 pm Hunting closes at 7:45 pm Temperature 76 degrees. Mostly sunny Wind: S-SE 7-10 mph. Back out again tonight. This time I brought a guest. Charley wanted to join me for the on hunt. We decided to go to the rebuilt VAT stand. It was pretty warm initially, but by 5:30 the clouds had gotten below the trees and we were in the shade. At 6:35 pm, 2 does were down in the creek about 50 yards to the south from us. I spotted them and told Charley to get down. She was super excited and moved too quickly. They saw us for sure. They both came into the food plot about 35 yards away and they were both locked on to us and they were super nervous. They ended up blowing and trotting off to the west. Fun to see. At 6:55 pm, a doe with 2 fawns came down from the SE. they were down by the creek, but must have spotted us. They ended up blowing and heading back to the east. At 7:25 pm, I looked over my left shoulder to the NE and there was a fawn standing 8 yards away from us. I could see there was another deer behind it. For some reason they spooked and they ended up jogging through the food plot and headed off to the west. It was 2 adult does and 1 fawn. Totals: Bob and Charley - 8 deer, all does and fawns.

Saturday, September 18, 2021

Saturday, September 18, 2021 am Sunrise: 6:54 am Hunting opens at 6:24 am. Temperature 46 degrees. Mostly sunny Wind: S-SE 0-2 mph. Bow hunting opener. Super pumped. I decided to head to the newly built Apple Tree stand. It is about 6 feet higher in the tree so it makes for a steeper angle on the shot, but it is much bigger and more comfortable. It didn’t take long. At 6:50 am, I looked to the SE and there was a beautiful mature 10 pointer that was thrashing a willow tree about 100 yards away. I grunted to him a few times but he walked off to the north. Closest he got was 75 yards away. At 7:20 am, I heard something behind me and a doe and fawn came through from behind me. They circled around the stand at 10 yards and headed off to the north. With that big 10 pointer in the area, I didn’t want to mess around with her especially since Heidi will be out tonight. I stayed until 9:15 am. Totals: Bob 3 deer, 1 buck and 2 does.