10/10
Sent the kids off to school, and thought I would hustle over to my buddy's house for a late morning into early afternoon hunt. On the way, I was passing a place I have been wanting to sit, and there were deer entering the woods!
I passed by and pulled into a turnout just up the road. This area gets a lot of pressure, but I always see deer around this place.
I grabbed some gear from the car and snuck into the woods above where I saw the deer. The excitement must have had me walking too fast. About 75 yards in, I bump 2 deer. :confused:
The deer were not too spooked, so I waited a bit, then continued deeper in the woods.
I come across a slight ridge that tapers off into a thicket with lots of trails and sign. Taking a moment to look over the area, I decide to grab a tree along the edge of some barberry.
I'm hoping things will settle and some deer will move through the surrounding browse.
I wasn't there more than 30 minutes, and I hear something to my right.
I can see deer through the barberry browsing their way toward me! I'm psyched that things are going so well.
2 small does cut into the brush just to my right, and feed behind me about 5 yards away. They bed down just off my right and behind me so I can see them out of my peripheral vision.
So, I sit. I can't move.
After an hour, they finally get up, but move off behind me never offering a shot. It was way too thick to think of going after them.
Topic: A PA hunter in NJ ...10/12 update. (Read 873 times)
