I'm headed out again in the rain tomorrow. I was out this morning and saw one really big bodied deer, but it was running and I couldn't get my gun up quick enough. I had walked a circle around it, and as I was walking back to my rig on the road, it ran out from left to right.

I have been hunting more drive-in type areas and the deer are much more pressured than in the bike or walk in spots. I have about a 3 square mile area I have been focusing on. It holds lots of animals, but they are hard to find in the open and when you do they are generally getting into the thick stuff. I've been sticking with it though just because I have seen so many deer in the area, I figure that my chance will be here eventually.

It is warm and windy out there right now, I plan on sitting on a knob at first light and then moving into the timber after about 8:30. One thing I have noticed is that you always should circle back on yourself if you push through timber or thick stuff. Especially if it is a patch with open areas on each side, they won't leave the timber unless they have to. They know about all the rigs full of hunters waiting for them.


Good luck out there.