Long Time Coming

I should probably welcome myself back before I welcome you back.  I have been terrible so far this year about posting anything.  All the videos are up on the Outdoor Jones fan page on Facebook though.  But I set out to write a little bit about the hunts regardless if they made the video or not.  A lot has been going on this year.  We are a little over a month into it and I have yet hunted anywhere outside my urban spot.  I did video for Brian down on our new farm in Freedom, had a good hunt.  He was able to harvest a nice doe the very first night.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPV12-U4iqg&feature=g-upl  I have yet to lay eyes on a doe in my urban spot. I'm just hoping that when they harvest the corn it will move them back into the woods and I'll get a crack at one. I have seen 2 bucks and have enjoyed watching them, but it's killing me not being able to do anything about it.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zmaei2QIT_0&feature=g-upl  I was able to remove one coyote so far from the pack, I've had small opportunities at 3 others but haven't been to pull it off.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQWLjcPh1BM&feature=g-upl  I decided tonight that I couldn't wait any longer.  I went out and pulled trail camera cards from our favorite farm.  This is the first we've been there since the last cutting on the clover plot a month and a half ago.  There were about 3,000 photos to go through.  I was pleasantly suprised as to the caliber and specific deer that were showing up.  I set out at the beginning of the year that I was not going to hunt this farm until I knew it was right.  I've seen in years past that I get tons of summer and early fall photos of awesome bucks.  Normally the first night in I get a glimpse at one of them, but then they disapear until sometime around halloween and sometimes not again until late season.  Not sure if it's me or just the time of year but it always seems to happen.  This year I decided that I was going to try and change it up.  My hope is that none of these deer, does included, would know we are hunting there until the big boys are up, cruising and doing it during day light.  The cameras confirmed it, even with out being there the bucks basically stopped coming out in daylight on September 29th, go figure 2 days before season opener.  There was a small change in the daylight sightings this week, but mainly by 2 & 3 year olds.  I assume that will continue into next week and the following.  If we can get a good cold front to blow in around Halloween we will be golden!  I hope to be perched on my favorite ridge just off the edge of my favorite clover field sometime around the 25th or after.  It's time to break out the grunt call, the rattle bag and sit back and watch the woods unfold.  No better time of year to be a bow hunter than right now!!!  Enjoy the photos... http://youtu.be/TQqptQ19xSY