Thanks for all the kind words everybody! We gave it our all today with no luck. We covered several miles of wetside jungle and 10 year old reprod on foot. We snuck up on a doe and stayed with her for an hour 1/2 or more with no other deer around. We set up next to a big marsh surrounded by timber and a super fresh rub. Rattled something in but all we could tell is that it sounded like a doe came in and a buck followed and mounted her. We heard what sounded like a doe laboring and another deer, probably a buck grunting and tearing up the ground. The brush was so thick that we couldn't see a thing and once the grunting and groaning stopped they left. We could not call them back for anything even with a good scent trail and the wind (about 20 mph) in our faces. Maybe we didn't give the buck enough time for his refractory period.
We are working on details for tomorrow. It might be myself, my daughter, her best friend and the son of another friend, all of them under 13. If I can keep them from being goofballs in the woods (save that for the truck
), it should be a fun time. If we are not able to fill any tags tomorrow, I have promised that one weekend very soon I will give all the kids a coyote clinic and teach them how to call and snipe song dogs.
