Ok update. We rolled out w a light sprinkle. It was around 10:30. Hit the Atv trail and woods were flooded. Took us 30 minutes to build a few logs to get across the ditch that was nut deep. Waded our to tree that was just under knee deep. Climbed tree and got set. Then the rain started and wind was humping. Heard a few trees fall and bunch of limbs.
Other two buddy’s were smarter than us as they waited the rain out. They got in the tree and one of them shoots a doe.
5:00 pm came and text my buddy that I was getting down. I was freezing. Got to bottom of tree still in the stand, turned around to get off and top of stand slides over making me do a head first barrel roll from the side. Nice 5’ fall, nothing hurt but pride and a really wet ass as the water was around 8” deep.
My buddy that was w me was climbing a red oak and said he was 15’ up and bottom slipped and he went straight to the bottom bear hugging the tree. The top of stand was still up in the tree. He said he bear hugged the tree to get the top out.
Long story short, my other buddy didn’t find his doe. Think he’s 0 for 4 lol. Anyway should be cold and drier in the morning. We will all have waders on.