I had a short but fun trip to the mountains. No habitat was improved but I did spend three days in observation mode.
Day one was a wet one. I only sat three hours and decided it was best to get out of the tree once I realized the downpour I was experiencing was really the light stuff on the front of an all day downpour. I’m now a big fan of the tree umbrella. No deer were spotted from the tree but I saw the largest NC buck I’ve ever seen on a neighboring property when I was driving out from the morning sit.
I was down at 9 but by early afternoon I decided to sit in the rain a little more. I drilled a maple on the edge of my ridge plot and sat until dark. No deer seen.
High winds were forecasted the next morning (November 24th). I sat on a leeward hillside and although the winds were gusting to 40mph I didn’t experience any of that.
A light snow fell in the early morning but melted quickly as it warmed up.
The naturally swirling winds on this hill made the hunt challenging. I had several deer within archery range but this young spike is the only one I could have shot. Coffee made the cold morning more enjoyable.
I climbed a tree on the lower end of a plot/orchard for the afternoon. 8 does, a two year old buck and 5 or 6 longbeards rounded out the evening.
I pulled an all day dark-to-dark sit on my third and final day back at the small ridge plot. I was treated by a trio of owls at sunrise. Mountain scenery is awesome.
I saw at least 12 different deer on this sit. I believe this two year old eight point came by twice but it might have been another buck. Trail camera is on the tree I’m in. The second time he came in grunting and postured aggressively at a few spikes before chasing a doe out of the area. Very cool rutting action.
All deer spotted were in easy archery range but no arrows were launched.
A few late fall property pictures:
The big boys are out there somewhere!
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