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Ok I will be the first to admit, I’ve had more moments than I want to remember.
I also know I ain’t the only one, so fess up and laugh with all of us
This one starts a long time ago. We were headed to the camp. My buddy makes homemade wine and yes I was tossing back the bottles. Got to the camp tore up like a soup sandwich.
Woke up early to bow hunt and wasn’t feeling that good. Had the hot belly and all. We were hunting public land and had a ten minute drive to the spot. Walked across 500 yards of a muddy (gumbo mud) cut corn field and went in the woods about 300 looking for a tree to climb.
Found my tree and put my ole man stand on i, guts was bubbling but thought it would go away. Climbing u, I was gurgling and made it 24’ up and settled it. Sweating like a hog, I tried to settle down and cool off trying to hold off what seemed like a fighting bobcat in my belly. What was I to do? Ten minutes later, the rumbling continued, but now it was too late. Telling myself I can’t believe this is happening as the panic was setting in. So to tell you I came down the tree, squeezing my ass checks together to keep from filling my draws up with hot lava in not an understatement. Barely making it to the ground and having to strip the harness and hunting clothes, while something internal knew it was time and if I didn’t get them off right NOW the outcome would be obvious. Somehow I got them off just in time as the release was happening and there was no stopping it. As soon as I was about to bend over the violent explosion happened spraying the tree I climbed like a pressure washer. Several lessons was learned that day.
Of course I didn’t see anything, but waited for my buddy to finish hunting. He laughed his ass off as we walked back across the field as I told the him the situation I was in.
That evening we went in deeper to a new tree and I killed my first bow kill of my life. A spike at 47 yards. It was a very memorable weekend.
I also know I ain’t the only one, so fess up and laugh with all of us
This one starts a long time ago. We were headed to the camp. My buddy makes homemade wine and yes I was tossing back the bottles. Got to the camp tore up like a soup sandwich.
Woke up early to bow hunt and wasn’t feeling that good. Had the hot belly and all. We were hunting public land and had a ten minute drive to the spot. Walked across 500 yards of a muddy (gumbo mud) cut corn field and went in the woods about 300 looking for a tree to climb.
Found my tree and put my ole man stand on i, guts was bubbling but thought it would go away. Climbing u, I was gurgling and made it 24’ up and settled it. Sweating like a hog, I tried to settle down and cool off trying to hold off what seemed like a fighting bobcat in my belly. What was I to do? Ten minutes later, the rumbling continued, but now it was too late. Telling myself I can’t believe this is happening as the panic was setting in. So to tell you I came down the tree, squeezing my ass checks together to keep from filling my draws up with hot lava in not an understatement. Barely making it to the ground and having to strip the harness and hunting clothes, while something internal knew it was time and if I didn’t get them off right NOW the outcome would be obvious. Somehow I got them off just in time as the release was happening and there was no stopping it. As soon as I was about to bend over the violent explosion happened spraying the tree I climbed like a pressure washer. Several lessons was learned that day.
Of course I didn’t see anything, but waited for my buddy to finish hunting. He laughed his ass off as we walked back across the field as I told the him the situation I was in.
That evening we went in deeper to a new tree and I killed my first bow kill of my life. A spike at 47 yards. It was a very memorable weekend.