Thanks katie! But as luck would have it, again I saw not hide, hair, nor shadowy form of a deer. I was entertained by a huge flock of starlings. There had to be atleast 2000 birds in this group. I believe they were playing scherades (sp). First they were a black cloud, then they were leaves on the otherwise bare trees. But my favorite game was the black wave. They landed in the small field a few at a time and as the last ones landed the ones at the back would fly forward of the pack in a wave like motion.
They would land in the trees around me and I could hear "things" dropping to the dry leaves. Wondered when I would catch one on top of the head. When they took off in unison it sounded like a wave crashing into the shore.
The wool is doing a good job of keeping me warm. I had three layers on last night. My husband was tilling the fields up wind but nothing came my way. The very best time to hunt that spot is when he is harvesting the crops in those fields. I had a dozen deer around me the first year. And last year he drove that bruiser to me that savagely attacked a tree not 10 yds from my hide!
I was hunting 40 yds down wind of a fresh scrape and rub. And I was out plenty early. I'm thinking about trying public land, and I'm always trying for landowner permission.