I think it was a combination of things. As soon as I walked away from the truck into the woods everything just felt....still. I had to shoo the mules off the narrow trail on the way in (you VERY rarely catch them up in the woods) As soon as I got in my stand and pulled my gear up, right as the sun crested...I could hear a dog barking. Sounded miles away but again, very very rarely do you hear, or have contact of any kind with domestic animals. After the sun came up, no squirrels and hardly no birds either. (very odd for these woods)
Does anyone else get that feeling sometimes that everything is just a little off, and there wont be any deer?