Have only been able to hunt a total of 2 sits since bow season cam in here in VA. Been looking for a nice one I have on the camera and he busted me yesterday. Nice old buck with some heavy horns. Had him broadside from 25 yards was getting ready to draw and off he went. Aggravating. Hopefully I will get another chance at him. Me like a dummy was on the ground. I need to get comfortable with the climber, then he may not have busted me.
What time of day Hugger, I didn't see a damn thing morning or evening yesterday and one of the spots is always live action does. Also my buddy got busted the other day by a buck on his trail cam. He had him on hsi came at 10 am one day and 7 pm another.
We've been seeing mid-day activity due to the bright moon. On Friday one of my buddies shot a 3 pt and the other buddy shot a 9 pt in the 120's. These were both between 11am and 12:30 pm. At noon I rattled in and missed a 125 8pt at 25 yards. Shot him for 20 and went right under him. Yesterday only saw a doe feeding at 2 pm. Good movement for mid-day though!
Curtix, I see you are in Westmoreland...how are you making out on that side of the river with the storm?
http://forums.bowhunting.com/showthread.php?40500-Good-buck-down Learn from Bob! Stick with em, youll get em!
What storm? Kidding... Its just drizzle, rain I guess the show starts tomorrow. All I care about is hunting Wednesday evening after this storm is outta here. and Lord willing some on Thursday.
Getting Busted buy a Mature Buck in my opinion is a Bad thing? But with the Pre-Rut you maybe lucky, as he may be crusing for Ladies again that area soon.
After this big storm and attack of cold weather I am ITCHY to get in the woods, might try and pull off a short hunt this evening. I like to get to still hunting after a rain.
