Havent seen much so far. I hunted public land this weekend on a quota hunt and saw 10...10 hunters that is. I was on stand at 4:10 am and did not get back on the ground until 6:45 pm. Started the morning with a dude who couldnt find his tree. He was walking around at 6:15 am looking for it about 40 yards from me. He finally gave up and walked into the woods...I love the swish swish sound of fall leaves and the distinctive nasally blowing of deer as some dude makes a late arrival into the woods. At 9:00 am he decides to return to the area, maybe to make sure I wasnt getting lonely. Little did he know that I had plenty of company throughout the morning without him. My new "friend" walks within 20 yards of me and I guess decides that he should take in the sights on his nature hike. This is when he finally spots me...I guess he forgot that a few hours earlier I was shining my light at him to get him the hell away from me. He was a hell of nice guy so I wasnt mad. I waited the rest of the day and at around 5:30 pm had a shooter buck within 20 yards of shooting range of me. I am starting to get nervous as he makes his way to me. With every step I feel my heart in my throat. 15 yards now...just a few more steps. The buck raises his head and looks up the hill and what do we see???? Another "hunter" getting an early start out of the woods. The buck showed me his flag and thats all she wrote. I have hunted this area for the past three years and saw one other hunter in the woods. I will never put in for the hunt again. I have heard of horror stories on public land before but never realized that it could be so bad. Enough of my complaining...if the season finishes like this I will have some premium gear for sale.
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