So if you’ve been following along with my season you’ll remember that this fall has been extremely wet. That was good when we needed a flood in early October to fill the duck marshes, but it’s also kept the crops in the field. With all the standing corn it has been hard to find the deer and even harder to establish any type of pattern.
But just recently a few things changed. First, it’s been dry enough for the farmers to get much of the corn out. Second, it got cold. Those two things have really concentrated the deer on those freshly cut corn fields. That’s where I found myself and my climber on Thursday morning.
As the sun came up I could see 3 does and 2 younger bucks to my east. Then the buck I was waiting for showed up.
And then 6 does showed up to my west and started feeding in front of me. All I needed was for the buck to come check out the does. And it almost worked. He passed by almost perfectly in the middle of the field at 55 yards or so. Perhaps it’s just as well. It kept me from being forced with a difficult decision on a good buck with a significant break on his rack. A close look will reveal that he has kickers on both sides too.
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