Wednesday, October 27, 2021 pm.

Wednesday, October 27, 2021 pm Sunset 6:07 pm Hunting closes at 6:37 pm Temperature 52 degrees. Cooler Wind: S-SE 10-15 mph. I thought that Charley was going to join me for tonight’s sit, but instead she wanted to do a church thing with her buddy Lydia. I got over my disappointment quickly, as this decision gave me more options. I decided to head down to the VAT ladder stand. I have seen so many does from the food plot, I figured I would change stand locations and maybe they wouldn’t know I was there. I got out later then I wanted, but I was still settled in by 4:30 pm. At 5:40 pm, a small 1 1/2 year old 4-5 pointer came into the food plot from the south about 40 yards away. He ate for about 15 minutes, but was on edge the whole time. He ended up trotting off to the west. At 6:00 pm, a doe with 2 fawns came into the plot from the west. The two fawns came through about 20 yards away. The big doe stayed a bit further out. After about 15 minutes she started feeding towards me and got to about 12 yards, but she stayed out of my shooting lane. She finally came through about 10 yards away to the north, but I decided to pass. If Charley had been with me, I would have shot her for sure. Still fun to see. Totals. Bob 4 deer. 1 buck and 3 does.

Wednesday, October 27, 2021

Wednesday, October 27, 2021 am Sunrise 7:42 am. Hunting opens at 7:12 am. Temperature 43 degrees. Cooler Wind: S-SE 15-20 mph. I haven’t been able to hunt because of work and being gone in Mexico City for MEA weekend. I decided to sneak out for a few hours this morning. Initially I went to the Apple Tree, but shortly after I got in, Gertie had followed me down the hill and was running around the base of my stand and would not leave. I had to walk back to the house with her and then decided to give Arlie’s Food Plot ladder stand a try. Throughout the morning, I tried some grunt ring and rattling sequences, but nothing was happening. Too windy. I was only able to sit until 9:40 am. Nothing to report. Totals: Bob. 0 deer.

Sunday, October 17, 2021 pm

Sunday, October 17, 2021 pm Sunset 6:23 pm Hunting closes at 6:53 pm Temperature 66 degrees. Cooler Wind: S-SE 3-5 mph. Back out again tonight. I have Charley and we are back in VAT. Heidi is out too. She decided to go to Arlie’s ladder stand. At 5:40 pm, we had a big doe and 2 fawns come into the food plot from the west. The big doe got to 30 yards but she was quartering towards us. One of the fawns kept running around playing. She must have run into and out of the plot 5-6 times. It was fun for us to watch. It was a close opportunity. At 6:25 pm, a doe and a fawn came down the road from the west. They slowly worked their way into the food plot. They sensed something was up and never committed and they headed back to the west. That was it. Heidi saw one 4 point buck but passed up on him at 15 yards. Totals: Bob and Charley - 5 does and fawns. Heidi- 1 buck.

Saturday, October 16, 2021 pm

Saturday, October 16, 2021 pm Sunset 6:32 pm Hunting closes at 7:02 pm Temperature 58 degrees. Cooler Wind: W 7-10 mph. Back out again tonight. I have Charley and we are back in VAT. She is hooked since our last hunting experience. Hopefully tonight we will get a shot at big buck or even a mature doe. We were ready to go by 5:55 pm. At 5:30 pm, we could here some deer blowing some warning calls to the E/SE of us. That was it. Totals: Bob and Charley -0 deer.

Saturday, October 2, 2021

Saturday, October 2, 2021 pm Sunset 6:48 pm Hunting closes at 7:18 pm Temperature 74 degrees. Humid Mostly cloudy. Wind: W 7-10 mph. Back out again tonight. I have Charley and we are back in VAT. Heidi went to the Arlie’s food plot. Adam hunted there on Monday night and shot a nice 130”+ 10 pointer. It was his first buck with a bow and it was great to have him connect on a mature animal. We were ready to go by 4:45 pm. At 6:00 pm, we had a fawn come running through from the south about 40 yards to the east of us. Too small and no shot. At 6:15 pm, a doe and 3 fawns came running through from the north about 20-40 yards to the east of us. No shots. Something spooked them for sure. At 6:40 pm, a fawn came through from south to north about 30 yards to the east of us. Fun to see. Good action. At 7:00 pm, things started to get interesting. We had 2 mature does and a fawn come into the food plot from the south. They came through at 10 yards, but they were looking up and us and on edge. Charley sat completely still. They ended up circling us. The fawn was perfectly broadside at 10 yards, but I didn’t want to shoot a fawn. Something spooked the mature does and they trotted back through the food plot. They both stopped on the edge of the plot about 22 yards to the south of me. I was at full draw and let the bigger of the 2 does have it. We saw my arrow fly true and they took off to the south. Charley was so pumped up and she squealed “we got her dad!” We waited until close and got down to go look for blood. Immediately, we found the back 1/2 of my arrow with the luminock. There was considerable blood and we follow it for about 30 yards. She jumped the creek, so we backed out and headed back to the house. After dinner, the 3 of us drove the ATV down and parked it on the edge of the field. We got back on the blood trail and followed it for another 25-30 yards and found her. There were smiles and high fives by all. I am not going to lie, it was better then shooting my biggest buck with a bow to have her with me. Totals: Bob and Charley. 8 does and fawns. 1 does down. Heidi. 1 doe and fawn.

Sunday, September 19, 2021 pm

Sunday, September 19, 2021 pm Sunset 7:14 pm Hunting closes at 7:44 pm Temperature 86 degrees. Mostly sunny Wind: S-SE 7-10 mph. Back out again tonight. I have Charley and we are back in VAT. Heidi went to the AT. It is pretty hot so we didn’t get out until 5:40 pm. At 7:25 pm, a doe and fawn came into the food plot from the south on the road that runs through the creek. It was on top of us and I couldn’t draw. The fawn would have been the best shot, but we only want to take mature does. That was it. Totals. Bob and Charley 2 deer 2 does.