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Monday A.M.
This morning I hunted from my Summit Revolution climber. It was another blue sky, sunny day, crisp and cool this morning. Before the sun came up I heard some footsteps and then a grunt behind me and coming my way. I looked that way, and to my surprise I saw a very nice MULE DEER buck hot on the tail of a Mulie doe, looking for some action. She led him right past my stand at 25 yards....if only I had a Mule Deer tag. I saw a few other Mule Deer in the distance heading back to bed.  A nice Mule Deer buck  A close-up About an hour later I heard a deer vocalization that I have only heard one other time, ever - a "snort-wheeze". It was about 3 seconds long, it really startled me. Immediately I turned my attention in that direction and didn't see anything. It was several minutes before I noticed the slightest movement in a small thicket about 75 yards away. I could just barely see a flash of tines every now and again. I got out my grunt call and my "can" doe call and used both a few times to see if I could get the buck to head my way. He wasn't interested in the least. He was headed away, and just kept walking slowly that way. I never could see the whole of his rack, all his tines, etc. I could see the outline and the mass, though, as he walked away, and I was pretty inclined to think he was a "grandaddy buck", that is, a BIG one. Thirty minutes later a young 8-point strolled by and worked a scrape in front of me. That was the extent of what I saw this morning.  A young 8-point makes an appearance  Checking out a scrape Monday P.M.  A view from my hang-on stand I went back this evening and hunted the stand I set up yesterday and let rest while I hunted my climber. It was very windy this evening, and I had cows around me a good part of the evening, and no deer came close. I did see a Whitetail doe and a Mule Deer doe at a distance. Check back tomorrow for more action!   A beautiful sunset....
Joshua Flournoy owns and manages the Livehunts.com web site. He also arranges exciting hunts through his business Longleaf Hunting Adventures. Joshua resides in east Texas with his wife and four children. |
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