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Message: <blockquote data-quote="undeg01" data-source="post: 4354275" data-attributes="member: 26476">This has been one of the worse muzzleloader seasons I ever remember.  Opening weekend was a bust then with the hot and dry conditions, I decided to put up a new tower blind, feeder and food plot on my neighbor’s place for rifle season, then went to work on the barn I’m building rather than waste time sitting in a stand and not seeing anything.  Heck, at least I got a lot of work done on the barn. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😁" title="😁" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f601.png" />I hunted a few times since Tuesday night’s rain and saw some activity, but nothing like a normal year.  Last evening, I decided to sit in the new tower blind if for nothing else but to maybe pattern the deer crossing the power line.  There has been a high volume diesel powered water pump running for a week straight right on the north property line, pumping water to a drilling rig a couple miles away.  Yesterday afternoon, they must have taken it away for service, repairs or something because it wasn’t there. I was sitting in the tower blind and look over to see a big dark horned buck standing within 30 yds of where that pump has been for the last week.  Even from 450 yds, I could tell he was a shooter.  Just a tad outta range for the ol’ muzzleloader though. I am back in the tower stand this morning but looks like it will be a washout later today and tomorrow. At least I am now encouraged for what rifle season might bring.  Hopefully the rain, fresh food plots and cooler weather will bring increased activity.</blockquote>

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