Deer Day 11 - Sunday 09 NOV

Nick, Alex, and I met RePhil at the golf course at 6:40 am.  Nick walked N and then E to cover the ponds between holes 14 and 16.  Alex and RePhil walked E, with Alex covering the E side by hole 15 and RePhil continuing E to cover Jenkin's property.  I walked S to hole 4.

It was about 30 F with a slight breeze from the S - SW.  There was some frost on the ground, but it was not everywhere.

We did see a doe cross the road in front of us on the way to the course.  She headed toward the creek from the Conservation Club.  This would be the only deer Nick would see all day.

Alex and RePhil pushed a large deer to the S.  It was still too dark to see if it was a buck or doe, but it crossed #4's fariway about 200 yards E of me and continued off property.  That would be the remainder of the deer we saw this morning.

We called it off at 8:50, as church duties called.  We figure the standing corn to the E and W of the course are still holding the deer.

This week-end opens the gun season in Indiana.  Sure hope we do better in that season!

Beautiful sunrise coming up over Hole #4 at Deer Track on Sunday, 09 NOV 2014.

You just gotta love hunting on the golf course - the shooting lanes are just so nice!


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