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Sunday, the 85th and LAST DAY of Deer Season 1998:These are the field notes (logs) from my 1998 Deer Season. They consist of the Texas Archery season, in October, the Texas Regular Season November & December (during which we can bowhunt, and I do), plus a one week bowhunt at Hunting Unlimited in Brown County, IL.
(5:06am) The 1998 season is is down to one last day. It is 26 degrees, there is no wind and the full moon makes it look like early morning. I'm hunting the Rolled Wire area. Robbie is at the Horse Pasture stand. John & Emily are hunting Alex's Road.
(9:26am) Daylight came and brought in a few gusts of wind but it was pretty nice. In the North West I heard the loud roar of the wind. The treetops in the distance started shaking and the wind line moved toward me. Leaves filled the air, from the ground and from the trees. Whooomm! It got windy, big time. I felt like I was sitting in a freezer. At 9:00 I got down and came in to warm up. Robbie just got here. He didn't see any deer either. John & Emily headed home.
(1:56pm) This will be the last hunt of the season. Robbie is hunting the Rolled Wire stand and I am going to the Point.
(8:26pm) lt was a quiet but cold afternoon. I didn't see any deer but got snorted on the way to my truck. Robbie saw a doe and two large fawns. And that winds up our 1998 Texas deer season.
Saturday, the 84rd day of Deer Season 1998:
(5:06am) I'm hanging with the Back 200. If I don't get some action this morning I am going to switch stand sites. Robbie is returning to the Point. The weather is supposed to drop to 21 degrees today. That means high wind, and that howling sound outside says the wind is here.
(2:45pm) High wind is right. Two does is all I saw. When I came in to warm up I could see a Buck running a doe around in my back yard, close to the 8-degree stand. I'm slipping back there. Robbie is still at the Point, but hadn't seen anything when I checked. John and Emily will hunt the CS pasture.
(6:45pm) I saw 13 does in groups of 3, 4, 1, 2, 1, & 2. The doe that was being chased came up and hung out for 30 minutes, it's one of this years fawns that is just coming in. John & Emily didn't see any deer. Robbie zipped also, although he saw a large hawk swoop in and grab a squirrel and introduce it to nature's food chain. But, without a doubt, everybody took on a lot of wind.
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