Poor season so far, not much time, but not much deer action either. A few does and a late season fawn. Minimal rubs, no scrapes.
Soooooooooo, I took today (no hunting here) to look elsewhere to find where they are hanging out. Spent the full day in the woods covering lots of territory.
To make a long story short, I ended the day checking my (what I thought to be) hottest stand..the "brook" stand. Rub, rub, rub, scrape, rub, scrape, monster freaking buck.
20 yards bedded from my tree, right in one of my shooting lanes. Jumped it and watched a mess of thick gnarly antlers bound three times and out of sight. BIG BIG BIG.
I was going to move this stand.
Sigh...............