Prep day – work weekend and scouting
Well guys, I got back from the work weekend at my Dad's South Carolina deer lease late Sunday night and have been trying to catch up since then. Finally I got some time to put the videos together. Unfortunately there isn't much video because man we were busy! But we did see some serious tracks and some big rubs. Somewhere out there on this property are some monster bucks!
This video is of the tower stand that we were lucky enough to pick up for $250 from another member who wasn't using it. I had an epic battle with a legion of wasps trying to clean it out but it's good to go now. My brother and I put in a new plywood floor as the old one had some dry rot. Then we put self-adhesive carpet tiles on top of the plywood for heat retention and sound dampening. This should be sweet come the cold weather.
The stand is situated facing (east) down an access trail/shooting lane that runs about 200 yards give or take before it curves sharply to the south. Right at that curve are the big rubs we saw. To the north (left) of our stand is thick pine brush they bed down in, to the south of the stand (looking right and slightly back) is a food plot. Hopefully we will catch them as they move over the trail from their bedding areas to the food plot. There is enough tree cover so that the rising sun shouldn't be an issue with early morning sessions.