With the warmer temps I almost decided to stay home and blow leaves but I remembered that tonight was supposed to be a good moon night so even though it was a little late I decided to throw the assault on my back and give an area a try that I found some buck beds and lots of sign from the spring scouting.
I was working my low impact entry through a couple of shallow valleys in hill country and checking my gps as I approached to see how far the exact locations were and check the compass for wind direction.
I continued to inch my way up the incline slowly cause i was within 500 feet of the concentrated beds and rubs. As I peeked over the top to my amazement was about a 150+ buck already moving around non chalantly and feeding.
I dropped the stand and got ready in case he worked his way to me as he was about 60 yds away.
He continued to feed and rub a few trees as we made off with the wind to his back quartering ever so slightly. This was a little after 4:00 pm so I gave him some time and set up the stand and backed out to scout another area for hot sign since I took some vacation at the end of October first week of November. I wish I could of gotten out a little earlier but my daughters will only be young for a short period of time and then I will be able to hunt as hard as I used to before they were born. Did anyone else have a similar Moon phase experience tonight?
I hope to get another crack at this guy in the next week or so we have a cold front moving in for this weekend so that should help.
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