Saturday, 12:45 PM. 43 degrees, wind S, moderate. Skies mostly clear, the channel is crawling and the barometer predicts partly cloudy skies.I got to the gate on the deer trail by first light, left the truck there, and walked very slowly down the 3/4 mile or so to my stand, hoping to find a deer going back to the woods after a night cavorting in the apple orchards. The fallen leaves were damp so I could proceed very quietly. Pretty well down the hill to my stand I heard a rustle, off to the side in the woods edge, and sure enough there was a good sized deer, looking right at me. I could not tell if it had antlers or not but it snorted at me loudly as it turned and ran, so I assume it was a buck. Had it been opening morning of the regular deer season I would have had a deer, as it was an easy shot, and both buck and doe can be taken then, where I hunt,
After lunch and relaxing, I will head back out to try my luck again. The photo looks west down the hill toward my stand, about 1/4 mile ahead.
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