jakesbeard, good tip with the livestock. never even thought about that...
I never did either....till 18 - 20 years ago I LIVED it!
I was in a plywood blind and not only did the water hole get plauged by cattle but the damn things liked to RUB them selves on the edges of the blind and tear the thing apart with me in it! It's funny NOW but than I was [mad][mad][wallmad][mad][mad]second day (The O/F had 2 blinds for me) I sat the other blind turns out I could choose between blind #1 that had LOTS of water and LOTS of cattle with some antalope too and blind number 2 which had no cattle but no water or antelope either![wallmad][wallmad]
Day #3 found me BACK in blind #1 WITH A BOX OF SCREWS AND A SCREW GUN I kid you not! Of course the pronghorns always came AFTER THE CATTLE LEFT and I WAS WORKING CONSTRUCTION or is that RECONSTRUCTION?
One time they came while I was standing out in the open the blind a wreck you could say I was as obvious as a fresh turd on a pool table (The goats didn't come too close).
It's funny now but wasent than.
Another good one that gets high marks on the bowsite is the Spearhead ranch they are related by the way and I don't know if you have ever heard of Montey Browning but it was Montey who got the Werners going on the water hole hunts back a bucnh of years ago when the Spearhead was over booked!
There are lots of folks who can do a good water hole hunt for a bowhunter I just know it took me a couple of LESS than steller experiances to learn who some of them were and why they are good and some not so good.