Count me in. Similar set up. I'm going to be in a ground blind in a saddle between two bedding areas with my bow when the lead starts flying tomorrow morning.

I hope you have kevilar walls in the ground blind the pucker factor would be to much to catch me in a ground blid opening morning maybe dig a pit and set the blind on top of it.

I'm a little bummed.... Im in Ventura,Ca...workin.. And wondering where the rut is at, in northern MN. You guys all know the Mr Big that you may have seen if he will avoid the blaze orange barrage. Anyway hoping to get out when I return... To all be safe this season and good luck...

Oh, the neighbor or his girlfriend, whichever one of them hunt it are very careful shots. I know there could always be an accident but they don't shoot at running deer and they usually only take one shot. Plus there are a ton of thick trees inbetween us. I also place several long strips of blaze orange tape at different angles on each side of the blind so it can clearly be seen. That is, hunters can see it a lot more than the deer can, who view orange more as a tan or muted yellow.

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All organized deer drives should be outlawed on public land! I was dressed in the required orange, sitting in my tree with my bow in hand and an army of 15 guys formed a wall and began pushing my direction. This deer drive began not a quarter mile from me and I know most of them could see me before they started pushing. I got the heck out of my stand and left before I became a victim of circumstance. After the push, I approached and asked them why they pushed it and basically put my life in danger as well a ruining my deer hunting area with the drive? They simply replyed that it is public ground and we can do what we want as long as it is legal.

The good news is Hard-Core, that I believe less and less people are doing drives you describe because they realize how dangerous it is. And they realize that they pretty much screw themselves out of any stand hunting because of the pressure they create. I hesitate to have it outlawed because many people can do them "organized" and safely, slowly covering large amounts of land gently pushing the deer along toward one another, not chasing them. Still, I don't like drives and will never particiapate in one. Not my style of hunting. Kind of like the gang of kids at school pummeling one kid. Not exactly a fair fight.