I struck out, too. I had planned on hunting some private land that only I have permission to hunt. It's a horse farm and I can only hunt it after 1PM. There are horses in the paddocks and on the track until then. So I txt my guy at the farm to let him know I will be there and he tells me that they're having a BBQ. Well, that's out.
So I went to the Wallkill refuge. A minute after I pulled in another guy pulled in. As we were chatting he spots a doe about 50 yards from us. I tried to belly crawl into position as he circled around. I popped my head up to get a fix on her and got busted.
So I go to my spot and it starts raining. The wind shifts and I get busted by two bucks.
The wind eventually shifts back and three does come out about 100 yds away. I know they're coming to me, but I am running out of daylight. The overcast sky didn't help, either.
Yup, I ran out of daylight. They were still 50 yds from me when I left.
Not sure when I will go back out again. Looks like we're in for some warm weather. Ground hunting and heavy sweating just don't go together well.