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Tuesday A.M.
This morning I sat my hang-on stand that I sat last evening. The wind this morning was absolutely howling. It was consistently 20-30 mph, with gusts at 40-50 mph. I saw one small 8-point about 8:00 a.m., 75 yards away, and didn't see anything else. I imagine with the wind blowing like it was that a lot of the deer were bedded down. I'm going to hunt this spot again tomorrow morning because of what I saw here the first few days of my hunt, I know it's a good spot with some great trails.  A view from the top....  A look at how my treestand sets - it's close to 25 feet up. That was the lowest that I could set it in that tree! Tuesday P.M.  My evening spot in a blowdown This afternoon I did some scouting on a different part of the property and on a wild hare decided to stake out a trail leading to a small stock pond holding water. In many parts of western Kansas water is a precious commodity, and this is one of only two water sources I have found on the property. There are a lot of deer tracks at the water and the trail is packed down with deer tracks. There happened to be a blowdown created by a lightning strike on a huge tree, and it was close enough to the trail to make a good natural blind. I wouldn't hunt water for Whitetails back home in east Texas, but I figured that out here it might just work.  About 30 minutes before dark a small 8-point came walking down the trail, headed right to the water hole. He was not what I was looking to shoot, so I just watched and took a few pictures. I didn't see any more Whitetail deer this morning but right before dark a group of eight Mule deer does and fawns, and a forkhorn also came walking down the trail to water. I got one picture, although it's not that great because of the light.  A young 8-point headed to water   A curious Mule Deer doe The wind isn't supposed to be blowing quite so hard tomorrow, and I'm looking forward to that!
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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