October 5, 2007
Oh man what a day. I thought we would roast. Every time the sun moved around so it was on me I had to find another spot in the shade. I have never hunted in that kind of heat and it has changed the patterns of the deer.
This morning at daylight we are almost into the fields we hunt and we see 3 deer but it is to dark to make them out and we know there are at least 2 spikes in the area so we really don't want to spoke them. As the light gets better we see that we are looking at a large doe, smaller doe, and a fawn in the cut Oat field. We decide to press on. We get in our spots and nothing moves all morning and it heat ups quick.
We decide to come out earlier than normal and when we turn the corner at the oat field we look it over hard and see nothing. We walk on only to see a doe lift its head at the edge of the woods and the oat field. she runs off and we are panting because of the heat.
Deer sausage, potatoes and peas for lunch, Thanks Eastern it was good , a nap and then back to our spots by 3 pm. Hotter now than it was when we left and I am sweating just sitting there. This is were the moving comes in because of the sun and I finally settle on a spot that the sun will stay off me until almost dark. 6:30 and dark is just after 7pm. I decide after watching the grass grow for 3 and a half hours to head up and see if there are any deer in the oats. I come up over the knoll and see this.
Another doe. lets see we are now at 5 deer. I decide to try something and try a soft grunt and she whirls around and heads right for me but keeps watching the edge of the woods. As she disappears I head up to the oats and find Eastern sitting there. He had the same thought. Scary really how much we think alike. He asks if I saw the white tail in the field across from were I came up through and I say no. We decide to go take a look.
We come to the head row of bushes and eastern goes to one side and I start down the near side only to look up and see just over the knoll another deer. We fetch up and glass her........ wait that is the weirdest doe I have ever seen. She has two sets of ear......... WAIT that is the spike. We put the stock on him and get to within 60 yard still to far to shoot and light is disappearing fast. He turns and head back to the end of the field I was sitting in earlier to meet up with 3 deer. I thought doe and two fawns as I was concentrating on the spike. Eastern notices that one of them is the smaller spike. the decide to eat down there in the corner and it it to dark to shoot now anyway so I try waving my white fletches to see what they will do. The doe takes a half dozen steps to-wards me but she is still about 100 yards away. I turn and walk up the field to-wards out waving my white fletches every once in a while the deer stay right were they are. Neat in my books so we did not spoke them and now we have seen 9 deer.
We start to go by the area of the oats and low and behold another deer turns and goes to the woods but there is no way we can tell what is was other than a deer. 10 deer and two were spikes. We now know there patterns as well. coming out before daylight and right at last light as it starts to cool off.
we will get them tomorrow and be ready for them. I will also have my daughter with me. Man that would be cool to get here a partridge in the afternoon and let her see me get a deer in the evening. I can't wait. Got football in the morning so we will have to wait though.
Investing in my kids is fun you know.
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