the Lackster
Junior Member
Good luck guys. Hiking up in some national forest when i get off at 0600. Talk about a weather shift for us....it was 71 amd raining this morning gonna be 34 in the am!!! Should be a good weekend in the south.
Got windier, heard more trees cracking. Decided to come out of the blind. As soon as I made that decision, this happened. Took the picture as I was leaving the property. This is in their front yard. View attachment 88957
Damn those 3 bounds! Good luck, sounds like you’re off to a good startChecked the wind all the way to the stand and it was fine. Climbed in and it was 180, then drifting straight N, which is terrible for that spot. I was putting a few things back in my pack so I could switch sets when I heard walking and looked down to see the Wide 8 at 22 steps in the creek bottom. He walked past me, then a waft of air hit the back of my neck and he slammed on the brakes. He froze for 10 seconds, then bounded 3 times to get to thicker cover before he slipped out of there. It was legal light, but no way I could have made him out through my peep. I immediately climbed down and switched sets. Had a really nice 2 year old 8 come through not long after I settled in. Has the same genetics as Wilson, the buck I shot in 2017 and wounded, only to have the neighbor kill him the next day.
It's not as cold as they said it would be, but it's still a beautiful morning to be out.
I had a little set back this morning. I’ll be out once this wind starts to change though.