Will's bow tuned up in a much better state with a peep sight better suited to the bow. He was putting arrows where they needed to be with regularity afterwards.
We all went and fed hog stands for a while. There was lots of good sign. There was also lots of water with many areas barely passable. The water being due to heavy recent rains coupled with the overall high level of water from the past early fall's extreme rain the area saw.
Early afternoon came and we all piled into Rick's truck to hunt for the night. Rob, Jessie and Cody were on deer hunting property that had only recently been invaded by hogs. I was on the Chandler (Will's) farm and settled in on a low treestand looking over a destroyed sunflower field. Temperatures were cool but tolerable in the low 40's. The wind was howling, with some strong gusts, making it less comfortable than it otherwise would have been.
I didn't see anything until a little before 5:00 when four deer came out. They were skittish at first, but quickly settled down to mill around the corn pile for quite some time. They left a little before dark and I was hoping that it was a good sign, only to have them show up again a short time later. They stayed until it was nearly too dark to see with day one ending hogless for me.
Rob and Cody had only seen a few deer and turkey's. Jessie had shot a very large sow, the largest in a good group that had come out for her around 5:30.
Even if we all didn't get one on the first night, at least we had hogs on the ground.
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