Well, I found the one section of Patuxent where all the deer were hiding. Not a good place to hang a stand though as you probably wouldn’t see more than 30 yards in any direction. But I bumped probably 12 deer in 1s and 2s (one group of 3) all over a span of about 400yds of trail.
Also the area I had been thinking of hanging a stand isn’t so good this year. I guess from how warm it has been and all the rain it is pretty thick. Nothing has fallen off the trees or bushes yet of course.
So dunno. The usual “the indecision is killing me”. Try setting up where I’ve seen good deer and bad luck before, but didn’t get over there to scout yet and won’t be able to. Try setting up somewhere around where I saw all the deer, but unless one beds down real close to my stand, I may not see a deer and very likely wouldn’t have a shot through the brush if I did see one.
Or right where I know a bunch of deer trails cross a narrow part of the park and I’ve seen deer before. Sigh.
At least I got my ML working right and sighted in to tiny little groups.
Also the area I had been thinking of hanging a stand isn’t so good this year. I guess from how warm it has been and all the rain it is pretty thick. Nothing has fallen off the trees or bushes yet of course.
So dunno. The usual “the indecision is killing me”. Try setting up where I’ve seen good deer and bad luck before, but didn’t get over there to scout yet and won’t be able to. Try setting up somewhere around where I saw all the deer, but unless one beds down real close to my stand, I may not see a deer and very likely wouldn’t have a shot through the brush if I did see one.
Or right where I know a bunch of deer trails cross a narrow part of the park and I’ve seen deer before. Sigh.
At least I got my ML working right and sighted in to tiny little groups.