Still trying to get a deer for my father-in-law

Hi,

Both my husband and I have taken several deer this year, but my father-in-law has yet to get one in the cross hairs.  Yesterday we went hunting at the farm.  Over the past several weeks when we have arrived at the farm we have seen deer in the cow field, all the other fields have horses in them.  Any way, my husband took his dad over to the cow field, hoping to get a shot.  They walked over from our parking spot, through some woods, then on the high side of a horse field, edging up to the cow pasture.  The fence line of the cow pasture is thick with bramble, small trees, and good cover.  They crossed over into the field.  At that point there were no deer to be seen, so they were going to set up in the cover and wait.  The cows had a different plan.  Upon seeing people ie; food providers, they all came over to where the guys were standing.  The cows could not be persuaded to move. After 10 minutes of this nonsense, Bruce and Jim moved on to another area of the property.  Jim staked out a triangle of woods, very near a pond.  But, again, no luck for Jim.  No deer today.

I saw about 12 doe's on my walk through the woods to a tree stand.  Carefully I edged up to a tree to use as a rest, and cover.  I had to wait for the deer to cross over to our property before I could shoot.  After 45 minutes of watching, glassing and waiting, the deer finally ambled off deeper into the neighbors property.  So, my luck was not good today.  Same could be said for my husband.  He jumped up a heard of deer, which ran away for him through thick stuff, never to be seen again.

The weather was perfect, the moon phase was perfect, the deer were not cooperating.  Just another day of enjoying the great outdoors, not a bad consolation prize at all.

Enjoy, good hunting and good shooting.
M.