Dec. 3, 2005
Piff and I, at 4:30 a.m., headed back down near Winchester in Adams Co. again this morning for one last try to fill our tags. Piff went to his ladder stand at the bottom of the pasture and I went to the area where I had seen a lot of bucks cross a fence on the previous trip.
The turkeys were vocal again along the creek bottom. I was watching a trail where the deer travel along a fence then cross through the fence and go down the hill towards the creek. At around 8:00 I heard movement behind me. Suddenly a few turkeys flew off the roost. A short time later I heard a deer running my way. Then I heard a hunter holler ‘deer’! I then heard the deer running behind me through the cedar grove. I yelled back at the hunter to let him know that I was in the area. He and another hunter finally show up and tell me that they thought that they were on so-and-so’s property. I informed them that they were on the wrong property and that they didn’t have permission to hunt here. They then moved on down the creek bottom.
They were doing a deer drive and trying to push deer towards their property. First of all they were trespassing and secondly why were they doing a drive that early in the morning! It was prime time for deer movement. I was pissed! They ruined my spot by running any deer out of the area. I went to inform Piff what happened and then went to another section of the property to hunt the rest of the morning.
After lunch Piff headed down to the cattle gate while I pushed a little section of woods near the owner’s log home. After that I walked the woodlot behind the pond hoping to run some deer towards Piff. I found out later, after talking to Piff, that when he got down to the cattle gate 9 deer were on a hillside not far away; They spooked and the big lead doe led them all down the hillside right by Piff’s empty stand! Also he said that I had run two does out of the second woodlot that I pushed.
Piff hunted the rest of the day out of his stand while I headed to the fence crossing area where I was in the morning. It was below freezing and freezing rain was forecast for the evening. About 4:00 or so I heard the sound of something walking on the flat rocks where the drainage from the pasture meets the creek. I focused my attention down the hill for about a half an hour or so before determining that it was turkeys milling around. I could hear a cluck or a putt now and then down below me. I then concentrated back on the area where a deer trail went through the fence. |
