it was 26 degrees with a 12 MPH wind out of the NW when I set out from the yurt at 2:30. I made my way through the old hillside pasture and slowly worked my way up to timbers edge just below the stand. As soon as i stepped into the timber I saw three white flags waving bye bye up hill about 80 yards! RATS!!
Daylight is short these late season days and it is pointless to try and go somewhere else and risk it happening there as well. I decided to sit it out and climbed up the big oak. The spot is much improved . I watched to the north intently all afternoon and around 4 pm I spotted three deer down in my clover field which is about 200 yards below me to the north. By 4:30 there were seven deer in the clover , one being a buck that was constantly pushing the same doe around. The other deer would get out of the way and then go right back to eating. I could make out a pretty good rack with the naked eye but am unsure as to how good of a buck he was. Eventually he chased her out of the plot but in the wrong direction. The other deer moved as well further down hill onto the neighbors place and into his first Brassica plot just a 100 yards from his front door. If he was at home. he was getting a good show! Nothing came near and I left for home confident that this spot will produce a shot for me yet this season
Here is the new view looking to the west.