THis year has been a very different and humbling year, to say the least. Its not over yet, and I dont intend on quiting. I have hunted this year harder than I ever have. What makes it an odd year is that I have yet to eve lay eyes on a shooter from the stand. I have had photos of one shooter all year, which is the deer my dad shot the other night. I am glad he was able to harvest that deer, as it was his biggest to date! Most people would call me crazy, as I have passed 5 deer now that would go anywhere from low to high 130s! Unfortunately, thats not what I am looking for!
I have put tons of hours in a stand and have hunted everyday I didnt work religiously. Well that is until this weekend. THe was the last weekend my buddy was home from Texas, so since thursday I have only been in a stand two times. You could say we were living it up a little. ha I must admit though ,I needed some time out of a stand to boost my moral! He leaves today, so this past weekend we made the best of it. Good times, good friends, and lots and lots of memories!
THe two days I hunted were nothing but disasters. Fri evening I had 7 does approaching and were at about 20 yards when suddenly they started bolting and blowing and scattered! The wind wasi n my favor and I was baffled, well for aobut 60 seconds then I realized what had happened! I hear steps comnig through the thicket and out pops some random woman apparently taking a nature hike. FYI for those reading, never, and I mean never come walking through a thicket when I am hunting on the other side trying to hunt. about 160 hours of pent up tree stand frustration got directed at this lady. I have never seen a look of fear on someones face as this lady had. She attempted to apologize, but unfortunately for her, she knew she was in the wrong and I can almost gurantee thta not only will this lady never step foot in thse woods again, but she will no longer be wearting the under wear she had on that day! I am pretty sure I scared the living shit out of her! Shortly there after I packed up my stuff and left.
Fast forward to last night. I am sitting in stand and had a couple deer millnig around. I hear an old tractor fire up and where do you think this tractor was headed? Ill tlel ya where, rt past me! Once agian, deer scattered! At this point I had zero energy to even say anything! I just leaned back in my stand and let the final 20 min of daylight fade.
Tuesday I will start back up my relentless pursuit of a buck deer. THe one place I have been hunting has a lot of standing corn in 3 seperate fields! I just got a call saying that the front field, which is the biggest is bening cut rt now! Which leaves 2 fields about 10 acres in size left. This should corral the deer in the last two standing fields. I am hoping I can hunt when they cut the last two fields. There is a very smallpinch point where every deer will have to go when it is cut. I plan on posting up there with hopes of catching the buck I believe is in there coming out!
I have put tons of hours in a stand and have hunted everyday I didnt work religiously. Well that is until this weekend. THe was the last weekend my buddy was home from Texas, so since thursday I have only been in a stand two times. You could say we were living it up a little. ha I must admit though ,I needed some time out of a stand to boost my moral! He leaves today, so this past weekend we made the best of it. Good times, good friends, and lots and lots of memories!
THe two days I hunted were nothing but disasters. Fri evening I had 7 does approaching and were at about 20 yards when suddenly they started bolting and blowing and scattered! The wind wasi n my favor and I was baffled, well for aobut 60 seconds then I realized what had happened! I hear steps comnig through the thicket and out pops some random woman apparently taking a nature hike. FYI for those reading, never, and I mean never come walking through a thicket when I am hunting on the other side trying to hunt. about 160 hours of pent up tree stand frustration got directed at this lady. I have never seen a look of fear on someones face as this lady had. She attempted to apologize, but unfortunately for her, she knew she was in the wrong and I can almost gurantee thta not only will this lady never step foot in thse woods again, but she will no longer be wearting the under wear she had on that day! I am pretty sure I scared the living shit out of her! Shortly there after I packed up my stuff and left.
Fast forward to last night. I am sitting in stand and had a couple deer millnig around. I hear an old tractor fire up and where do you think this tractor was headed? Ill tlel ya where, rt past me! Once agian, deer scattered! At this point I had zero energy to even say anything! I just leaned back in my stand and let the final 20 min of daylight fade.
Tuesday I will start back up my relentless pursuit of a buck deer. THe one place I have been hunting has a lot of standing corn in 3 seperate fields! I just got a call saying that the front field, which is the biggest is bening cut rt now! Which leaves 2 fields about 10 acres in size left. This should corral the deer in the last two standing fields. I am hoping I can hunt when they cut the last two fields. There is a very smallpinch point where every deer will have to go when it is cut. I plan on posting up there with hopes of catching the buck I believe is in there coming out!