Spent a week ML hunting. Hotter than the devil's underpants. I don't know why they have this season this early. Stupid. But....I don't get to pick the seasons.

Saw a few deer. Saw one buck, early light, back in brush...big bruiser but never saw any headgear that stuck out at me. Odd thing was, he was out there as I was climbing the ladder to the stand. Never stopped feeding on acorns. Pulled gun up on rope, arranged chair, put gun on stand rail, steadied my breathing.......the whole time he had no clue. Maybe 75 yards away, maybe a bit more. He fed on acorns and never once raised his head. I could see 'something' on his head, and could tell by body he was a buck, but no real visible antlers except for a brief glimpse of a little something around his ears. Very low light, and my eyes are going out fast, but I'd have thought his size would dictate a better headgear.

BUT, when I'm sitting there still as a church mouse, looking at him through scope......he feeds a bit closer, and BAM....he throws his head up, looks right at me (this stand is very concealed in a hardwood flat on a creek), and within .0001 seconds he turns and fled. There was another tail go up out past him. Too early to run with a doe, so it was two bucks. Never saw the other one. What made him NOT spook with me walking in, climbing ladder, moving around, and THEN spook after I'm sitting there still just looking through scope, I dunno. Somehow they 'just know'.

Saw a tiny doe do a cartoon run through the woods, jumping 30 yards at a time, about 8 feet high. Saw a few more doe, but I ain't in the doe business......and may not be this year. Our deer numbers are down, and I don't need the meat that badly.

Got hotter as the week went on, almost record highs last 3 days. Not conducive to me wanting to hunt.

Came home. Trying to unpack.

Modern Gun starts in 2 weeks, duration about 5 weeks. Then another one week after Christmas.

The End.