We are back on our mission to hunt no less than every other day. Today’s hunt was an open hunt. There was no predetermined location, but sign put me on stand rather quickly.
Tracks that had been wiped clean on Tuesday were back today. It rained here over night so the woods are extremely quiet. Even the squirrels are moving without the nuisance of crunching leaves. I decided to check the active scrapes from the weekend. They were dead. Leaves covered them almost completely at this point with no fresh signs around them. I decided to move down the trail before backing out to a different location. A ways down the trail I found a new scrape in the center of the trail. This caught me off guard because it wasn’t here Tuesday. It was a good size scrape with a fresh rub right next to it. Not 25 yards away was another scrape but this one was massive. You could place a kids sled over this scrape and not cover it up. And there was another smaller one within 10 yards of this one. Instead of looking any further, I set up about 20 yards off the trail against a large pine.
I have stayed in place for almost 3 hours and just had a deer straight down wind blow at me. It couldn’t figure out exactly where I was so I am hoping it circles close enough for me to get a look. I can say, that isn’t a good sign for the cover scent products I am using though. Those details will be in a different post.
We will update later if there is any news on this hunt.
Dirt Road Dispatch 