Hunting in the rain

Saturday the weatherman called for a 20% chance of rain - he was wrong, it rained all day, so I sat in one of our "box" blinds overlooking a food plot - I wanted to hunt the oaks that are dropping - but i didn't bring my rain suit since it wasn't supposed to rain.

I got to the food plot and placed my Renzo's buck decoy in the middle of the plot. (See picture) Sat back and waited......at 9:15 I saw movement, a deer was running full bore straight to my decoy, I got my gun up and realized it was just a spike, so I enjoyed the show. He came running straight to the decoy, began to circle, and since the decoy is 2-D and not 3-D it disappears when you face it head on or tail on. - The little buck almost jumped out of his skin when the "deer" disappeared right in front of him and then reappeared again when he turned to run. I really wish I had the video camera running when this happened.

He didn't stick around for long after this and bounded into the woods, about 30 seconds later a doe being chased by a NICE buck ran across the lane leading to the food plot, I tried to call him back but he had other things on his mind. -

I got down about 10:30, made a small loop through the woods in the direction the nice buck ran during this still hunt I slipped up to within 25 yards of another spike, a 4 pt. I stood watching them as they slipped away. Moving to the feeding area, I spotted movement and a 6 pt came trotting by with his nose to the ground, he was within 20 yards, more like 15 broadside. Great show, after he left, I moved my climber to a better location, and got out of there.

I'm hoping to get back there this week for an afternoon hunt - catching them coming into the acorns late. We'll see, but that Decoy in the food plot may be a better idea as it gets closer to rut.....hummm