Stinger-Hunter Posted October 3, 2005 Report Share Posted October 3, 2005 My first day was abissmal. Saturday I took my stand in the morning and saw nothing. - Since I had to help a friend move in the afternoon, I was a little sweaty but sprayed myself off with carbon spray and wiped my whole body down. I hoped it would be adequate for the evening hunt. Wow was i wrong. It apparently wasn't even close, cause I got busted not once, but six different times. The first was while walking in and was more attributed towards crossing paths with two deer than my odoriforous maximus. But I had deer that were upwind that were busting me. After that, it was huffing and puffing and man...it was bad. My last encounter was a doe that snuck up behind me about 20 yards. She started blowing, then I matched her and we went back and forth for about 10 minutes until she finally took off to the end of the field. Sunday was better and I did see a 6 pointer around 9:30am. He hung a left about 70 yards off, but he didn't see me or smell me, which was a nice change of pace. I guess I'm glad I saw some activity. It shot up to about 80 degrees with 85-95 % humidity. I'll keep telling myself it wasn't a waste of time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCH Posted October 3, 2005 Report Share Posted October 3, 2005 Re: Horrible First Weekend. I know what you mean. It was in the 90's here yesterday afternoon. And like a glutton for punishment, I ventured out in it. Never sweated so much in my life. I bet I left 10 pounds on the ground under my treestand.. If it weren't for Sunday morning(saw 4), I would have been skunked this weekend. Oh, well, could be worse. It could still be September... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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