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LIVE from the stand 2025-26

Fun fact .....When I was in elementary, we all walked to school. Lived a few streets away. Anyway, there were a few times in first grade recess, I'd run away & hide out in the backyard or parked car...lol. Always got caught by mom & she'd haul me back. Lesson ....just do it! ...haha
Ironically, I am a teacher. LOLOLOL Taking Monday and Tuesday of gun week, I will be in Pennsylvania. Would like to tag out Saturday and come home Sunday so I can hunt here.
 
On another NOTE .... many years later, after I'm married .... at one family Christmas gathering at my parents, as Mom was passing out gifts, she gave me a letter. It was from this teacher years ago & Mom held on to it. It was a very nice letter, telling her how wonderful of a student I was & how I was one of her favorites & how successful I turned out in adult life. After reading, I turned to my wife & said ....wtf ? Mom was in the early stages of alzhiemer's & the letter was actually for my brother ....lol.
 
Ya fell in the crick?
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I said I was gonna take a little hunting hiatus yet here we are. No reason to be hunting other than the wind is right. Only antlerless and 1.5-2.5 year old bucks on cam since August. But it’s 11/19 and I suppose anything can happen since there’s several does here. I already have a pair of mature does browsing in a bean stubble field 100 yards away, so that’s a win. Not too hopeful, but it’s a nice night out no matter what.
 
Just had some sirens in the distance get a coyote to fire off inside of 100 yards. I don’t know shit about calling in coyotes so I did my best impression of a yipping howling noise, and I think he did it back? The flock of turkeys I was watching between him and I have already flown into their roost an hour before dark so I’d assume it’s somewhat close. I did a few kissing/squeaking sounds the loudest I could and kept my bow in hand and ready for 10 min and nothing showed. Any incredibly slim chance of me seeing a mature buck is certainly crushed after I did some stupid ass wailing, but it’s been 5 ish years since the last yote i shot with a bow and I wouldn’t mind adding another to my tally 😂