Another strike out

Well, I hit the woods for one last time this deer season on Sunday in hopes of a successful antlerless hunt and came home without venison again.

I saw three doe and a fawn, but none were shootable. Two does and a fawn were running together and I only saw them for a split second as they crossed the path in front of me and the other doe was running about 300 yards away on the edge of a marsh.

I was happy that the weather cooperated and I was quite comfortable sitting in my stand in December. Unfortunately there was no snow at all so I wasn't able to hunt in snow at all this year.

As I sat in a stand Sunday afternoon, I decided where I will build a stand for next season. I am hoping to find a spot where I can see the edge of the north marsh and the "alleyway" along the north property line where it is not as thick and deer seem to travel. The stand would probably only be about 100 yards northwest of the stand I used most of this season, but would probably be better-suited for the gun deer season because of longer shooting lanes (ideally).

On a hunting-related note, I hope everyone got their spring turkey licenses. The deadline was yesterday at midnight. Being the last-minute kind of guy I am, I bought my license at 5 last night and filed it on the Internet at 11:45 p.m. Hopefully I'm accepted. I was not able to shoot any of the elusive turkeys on the land this spring or fall, though my dad shot a nice tom in the spring and a polt in the fall.