As I mentioned we had yet to find Darrell the spot I wanted for him. We got back on the 4wheeler and road up toward the road. I told Darrell that if we were at home I would try to find some white oak acorns that had lots of deer droppings in them and put my stand up right on top of them.
We saw a really big white oak that towered above all the rest of the trees around it. We had to crawl through the thick cedars and briars to get to it. What a find!! We found "the spot". The problem now was that we had to play the wind and find a tree for a stand. There were few trees that were big enough, and one that was way too big. I looked at Darrell and he grinned.
I asked if he thought he could climb the big oak if he got to the first limb. He thought he could. We put two rachet straps together and strapped two sections of tree stick together and strapped it to the tree. Like one of the squirrels we had been watching he was up the tree. I tied another strap to his stand and threw him the other end. The stand was locked on and looked perfect. I told him that if he shot a doe the first time he sat on that spot that I would beat him with a stick.
Not only was there just alot of deer sign around there was alot of buck sign too. Here is Darrell in the stand a few days later.