We took a good heavy 10point and a doe off our farm this weekend in miserable hunting conditions. On friday I sat and watched a mature doe and two fawns feed, the doe never gave me a broadside shot. at dusk a 4 pointer came in and fed also. Saturday morning we had rain, it started about 3:00 am and never let up until around 4pm. The morning I saw 6 deer all feeding as I drove in and hunting from a shooting house I saw zip. Two buddies saw a couple deer apiece and no shots, one doe hunting and the other buck hunting.

Saturday afternoon the fog from rain with snow was so thick you couldn't see over 50 yards. Walking in to a stand I saw a huge buck at about 50 yards and two does already in the clover field. All run and no more deer sighted for the evening.

Saturday morning before I could get to my stand(after daylight) I hear a shot, my buddy text me later saying he shot at a big buck but thinks he missed. Around 8:45 a buck chases a doe and fawn to me, I shoot the doe and she runs over the hill and stops. I get another text, "found my buck he is in the bottom!" As I get set to reply I see the buck come thru and run my doe off! I tell buddy I need to look for doe and hit before I can help, I find blood and walk out to help recover the buck.

After a 400 yard drag of the buck we go back to look for my doe, very little blood then we lose it. Convinced I had only nicked her we start to leave when my son finds a single drop of blood. A few minutes later we find her under a fallen tree. Another uphill drag and our day is done. Good weekend hunt under lass than ideal conditions.

Hunting this time of year can be feast or famine, the deer have to be up and feeding for longer periods of time. Bucks are feeding AND still looking for does. Hunt where you have not pressured them earlier, they know where they feel safe TODAY. The buck taken Sunday was my friends personal best, I took my best typical ever on the last day of muzzy season(Dec23). I guess the old saying "never give up" applies.