Saturday's Hunt

[Rem308]

Well Saturday morning I went to a local public hunting Wildlife Management Area. I found a great spot awhile back, so I took my climber and was setup well before daylight. It was a perfect morning, hardly any wind, a front was moving in and bringing overcast skies w/ it. Well I watched it get daylight and sat around till about 8:30 w/out seeing anything. I decided to give the Can Call a few turns, and immediately I heard another deer right over the ridge bleat back. I started getting excited and I called again. I then heard something walking in from behind me. I turned to see 2 hunters walking through the woods w/ shotguns and NO blazed orange. I carry a blazed orange hat w/ me, so I pulled it out of my pack and waved it at them. They saw that and walked the other way. I was pretty disappointed, figuring the deer were gone for the morning. At 10:30 AM I hear something else circling my stand and I look to see another hunter (no orange) walking through. Needless to say I was pretty let down. I didn't see a deer all day. Next Saturday I'll be hunting on private land that a friend gave me permission to hunt.

[tedicast]

Re: Saturday\'s Hunt

The joys of hunting on public land! The only advantage of people in the woods is to get deer moving when they are bedded down. It can help, though I prefer to not see other hunters myself.

[Rem308]

Re: Saturday\'s Hunt

That's what I keep telling myself. I will go back to that stand again, but I'm going to wait on bad weather or for it to be late in the season. I'd say the pressure will drop as time passes.