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  1. I'm in 4P in central Delaware. We got a foot up on the hills and less at lower elevations. Friday 12/23/22 is supposed to re a rain event with a high of 50 degrees. Weather forecast is subject to change!

  2. When I was a kid, the 80's, my dad's camp was packed with guys for the whole first week and had a good sized group of guys there for the following weekends. Between people dying and lack of interest from their kids it is pretty quiet now. This year two friends came up with their boys. My friends didn't even buy a license and never left the cabin and their boys didn't put much effort in but they had fun hanging out at camp. My neighbors camp is the same, just the owner hunted the first and second weekend. Meanwhile I took 4 weeks vacation since bow season started. I didn't hunt everyday but pretty close. I am more picky of what I shoot and I'm happy if I put one deer in the freezer.   

  3. Most hunts I have my camera set up. I have never recorded a harvest. I have come close but the camera comes 2nd when I'm hunting. I just have basic equipment and it's always enjoyable to bring home footage of the days hunt. Good luck! Thanks for sharing!

  4. I headed to the rye plot a little after 4:00 and bumped one out and all I saw was a tail. Just before 6:00 I saw deer headed to the plot led by a doe and fawn. I saw a hind quarter which turned out to be a buck rubbing and scraping. Another doe ran into the plot and eventually the buck, which I believe was a seven. He fed at 60 yards away and when the does started to leave he started chasing and grunting. He never got closer than 50yards. Action anyway!   

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  5. I think I get less frustrated as I get older. I know if I go a couple days without seeing a deer, I know it can only get better. When I mess up I laugh it off and try to learn something from the experience. You got to be out there to get it done. I used to hunt every chance I had and be burnt out by time November rolled around. Now I hunt the first week of October on food plots, and sporadically throughout the month. Vacation starts tomorrow and  I'll be chasing them for the next twelve days. I might cut a few hunts short or even skip a day. I spend all year scouting, food plotting, working on habitat improvements and I enjoy every minute of it. Kick back, enjoy it, but don't turn it into a second job!   

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