Back at the house by 9:00! It was freezing, but my 11 yr old and I decided to try sitting on the ground this morning by a fallen tree. 6:30, here comes a doe and a young 8 pt. 25 yards away, and he stood frozen for 10 minutes straight! Kept looking behind him, and he finally spooked and they ran right by us. Thought big boy was coming in behind him. No such luck. 20 minutes later, here comes a doe walking pretty much same trail. She damn near ran us over! Got 5 yds away and "saw" us, or something, and ran back about 10yds...we had a short staring contest for a few minutes, then she mozied along her way. Saw two more does 15 minutes later. By that time it was 8:30 and our toes were frozen. Wish he could have gotten a shot at the 8 pt...would've been his first deer.
Gotta say, it was pretty cool being on the ground and seeing them up close from that perspective. First time I've ever hunted that way.
Last edited by Goldhill1; 01/25/14 05:55 AM.
