StixNstrings
New Member
Beings I have to work almost all weekend I snuck out for an afternoon hunt Friday, it had finally quit raining the sun was out though it was a bit windy I figured Id give it a shot and sit in the tree for a while, with all the rain weve had the road if you want to call it that i use to access my stand was impassible so I parked on the gravel road and walked the edge of the corn to the farm access road. that wasnt a good idea I shouldve been wearing knee high waders at least there was 4-6" of standing water in the west end of the cornfield so I had to cut in about 15 rows needless to say it was less than a stealthy approach but with all the crashing and cursing when Id pull my feet out of the soft spots "thankful each time to still have a boot on them" I finally got to the access road while it was muddy was still a far cry easier walking than the cornfield as I approached the fenceline I turn off the road to walk down to my stand I noticed some fresh scrapes right on the dirt road the last of which is a mere 15 yds from my ladder so that got pretty psyched. after I got settled into my stand I noticed a very nice buck standing on the levee about 200 yds west of me he stood there just as still and proud as a statue, in fact he stood there like that so long I was beginning to think there was another hunter in there with a very realistic looking decoy but after a few minute he meandered down into the cottonwood stands and never showed himself again after that I seen a few more deer but none within range and none near as impressive as the one on the dike all together i seen 8 does and 4 bucks most of them playing cat and mouse and frolicking in the dried marsh i cant wait for next weekend to see how things progress.
