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I hunted Saturday morning (Feb 4) for the last time. I decided to hunt a stand located in the middle of a honeysuckle thicket...this turned out to be a good choice. I got to stand at daylight, saw...

Forgot to say, never saw a single squirrel around the feed site, none. That is even more odd than not seeing any deer. A certain red fox that I am getting on camera regularly might be the reason for...

01/20/12- Friday evening report. Deer have been eating at my feed site regularly, especially in evenings, including 2-3 bucks that need to grow a year but ones I've decided I'll shoot anyway. I...

12/18/11- PM- Nice evening, cold, but with the calm winds and noisy leaves, it was nearly impossible to get close enough to deer in order to see them before dark at this point in the hunting season....

12/18/11-AM. Awesome morning.....never saw a single deer. Really surprising. I was on a hardwood ridge where I always see deer moving through in the late morning but not this morning. Quite a bit of...

12/17/11- AM. Gun in hand, saw 5 does and 2 small bucks, could have killed 6 of the 7, not looking for does or small bucks. Beautiful morning, very little shooting.

12/17/11- PM. Gun in hand, saw...

12/13/11 AM- Saw one mature doe being followed by a small buck at 7:30. Saw two more deer running into a thicket at 8:00 followed by the same small buck. Saw one small doe eating honeysuckle at 8:45....

Been good hunting weather but real cold, I'm trying to let the deer relax in my area after gun season and plan to get back at it later this week until the gun hunting starts again this next weekend.

12/03/11- AM. Saw 10 does, could have shot 8 of them, no buck sightings. Beautiful morning.

11/29/11- Tues AM. Went back after the buck I should have killed Monday. Decided to get near his bedding area after first light since it was quiet walking and in case he was already there. Didn't...

11/28/11- Mon AM. Let's just say I'm sick right now. Here's the story. I got on stand before daylight this morning and sat until 9:00 AM without seeing anything. There were a lot of gunshots around...

11/20/11- AM. Saw two small bucks at 7:00 AM and 8:00 AM. Light rain most of morning. Heavier rain at 9:00 and I went to the house. Awful weather right now in southern Ohio, heavy rain for three...

11/19/11- AM. Saw two small bucks at 7:30 and 8:30 AM. That's it. Very windy later in the morning.

11/13/11- AM. Saw one doe at 6:50 AM. Other than that the morning was windy and noisy with squirrels everywhere and no deer. Stayed till 10:00 then said the heck with it. Pretty frustrated right now...

Let's just say he ain't a problem anymore.

11/11/11- AM. Cold morning. Saw seven does, all spooked by dogs. Later part of the dog problem on my property was eliminated.

11/12/11- AM. Saw seven does and three bucks. All bucks were chasing...

11/10/11- AM. Passed a small 8pt at 7:50, saw another small buck with nose to ground, saw 2 different sets of does running. Awesome morning as far as weather.

11/10/11- PM. Mature doe came under...

11/08/11- AM. Spooked a deer walking in. My entry route is an old ditch so I'm pretty concealed and the deer didn't know what I was. At 6:15 the deer I spooked came down the ditch, probably thinking...

Forgot to say, Big_Holla's buddy who was down hunting with him in Meigs County killed a nice buck, 140's, this morning. I'll let Big_Holla tell the story.

11/06/11- Morning. Hunted my best rut stand, saw 7 does at 8:30 that a dog spooked out of a thicket and right under my stand, then had a small 8pt come through, then 2 more does, then as I was...

11/05/11- Morning. Hunted my stand between two thickets where a ditch and treeline intersects. Had two mature does come through at 8:30, man they were nosy. They caught a whiff of something from...

11/04/11- Morning. Hunted a ladder stand that overlooks an old gas pipeline and new dozer trail on the side of a ridge. Saw one small 8 pt come through at 8:00 and that was it. 50 deg but very cold...

11/03/11- Morning. Hunted a great stand site that has produced for me in the past, located between some thick stuff, and only saw three does at 9:15. Never heard any grunting, chasing, nothing. Very...

11/02/11- Morning. Hunted one of my rut stands between two thickets. Absolutely gorgeous morning. Spooked a deer getting in at dark. Sat until 10:30 never saw anything. Walking out a doe was being...

11/01/11- Hunted my best rut stand, called the Thicket Stand, didn't see anything until 9:45 when two does came through and under stand. They were then intercepted by a 4-pt that growled or...