I saw a lot of deer. Didn't get to hunt Friday, but put my treestand in the woods on Friday evening and the deer were all around me when I was hanging the stand. Probably saw 10 or 12 deer that evening just that I spooked out by hanging my stand. Went in right before daylight Saturday morning and saw 3 does 10 minutes after I sat down. About an hour later, I saw a 4 pointer. Then, around 9:15 am, I had a real nice 8 pointer come running in, but came in so fast running straight at me that I didn't have time to even get my gun up and on him. He came in right under my treestand, looked straight up at me, and took off running. He stopped about 30 yards out and turned broadside, but his vitals were behind a tree so I didn't take the shot. 5 minutes later, I had two does come up from the opposite direction that the buck came in only for them to look down the ridge and took off running. I look down the ridge where they were looking and here comes a 6 pointer. Too small to shoot, but it was fun watching him chase the does back through the woods after he got on their trail. However, I was sick to my stomach for the rest of the day for not getting a shot at the 8 pointer. Never saw him again. Very active morning overall though. Only saw one doe that evening. Sunday morning was a complete failure as I didn't see anything and got drenched by the storm. The rain let up around 12:30 so I went and scouted out some places I had never hunted before. The deer seemed to be moving all over at midday. Saw a 6 pointer and 2 does while walking around. Set up in a new spot that I knew had potential but didn't see any deer that evening neither. Overall, it was a fun weekend just seeing all the action on Saturday morning, but I went home empty handed. I will be back up there in two weeks for the Thanksgiving weekend rifle hunt. Hopefully I will have better luck then.
