A day or two ago one of my old classmates was piddling around in his gillie suit when he heard a loud "clank", then here comes a 150 class buck running from that direction. The deer stopped to look back in the direction of the loud noise and my fried raised his crossbow and killed the buck. He said he heard faint giggling coming from a shooting house while he was dragging the buck out. He lost his rangefinder and went back later that night to look for it and stumbled across a broken folding chair in the woods.
Waiting for pics of the buck.

For those that don't already know, most your pay to hunt places in Alabama are not going to be any better than what your experiencing else where in this state.

Inserted: Is it different in other states?

I feel like most people hunt at these places thinking they are hunting some sort of 5 star resort and see deer every trip out and have a chance at a decent buck.

Inserted: I guess most people are dumb as a brick if they did not pay 5 star prices but see deer every trip and have a chance at a buck...

That's the furthest thing from the truth. I was a guide at one for several years and they all operate at the same pace.

Inserted:What did you offer as a guide and what star rating was it?

For what you would pay to hunt three days, you could get in a small lease for a year and have better odds. I needed to put this out there. Sorry for the derail.

Inserted:No derail...I would say you hit the target.

A day or two ago one of my old classmates was piddling around in his gillie suit when he heard a loud "clank", then here comes a 150 class buck running from that direction. The deer stopped to look back in the direction of the loud noise and my fried raised his crossbow and killed the buck. He said he heard faint giggling coming from a shooting house while he was dragging the buck out. He lost his rangefinder and went back later that night to look for it and stumbled across a broken folding chair in the woods.
Waiting for pics of the buck.