Sunday was a work day. I had to get my buck cut up and in the freezer. I slept in, took my time cutting and bagging, and was done by early afternoon. I pondered going back out that evening but decided to rest some more as I was fairly worn.
Monday morning I went back to the ground blind and...
Friday was the last day of archery prior to the gun opener on Saturday. I had to get a couple of things ready in the ground blind I had set up so that took a bit of time.
Gun opener for me is always the most exciting. I love shooting my rifles and I love the innate excitement. This year...
Thursday I was back in the stand. It really is a pretty good spot as it is a cross road for several well used trails. I need to get my ass to IN early or in the summer and do some limb trimming and it will be outstanding. About an hour after I got in the stand I heard what I THOUGHT was a...
I am determined to actually finish up this hunt tonight....I have been pulled a lot of ways and as any of you who have worked retail know this DAT weekend is nuts, and I am glad it is over!
Tuesday was the exact opposite. I sat from sun up to sundown and the only thing stirring in my AO were the ever present squirrels. LOTS of shots all around. Sounded like folks were out, in there hunting areas, zeroing/shooting their rifles (4 days before rifle season). I just don't get...
Monday was a good day. Got in the tree stand early and it started quiet. Then about 0830 am apparently hot doe goes trotting through on the other side of a small ravine at about 55-60 yds.....followed by a BIG buck. I got him stopped with a grunt but he was obscured by brush and wouldn't come...
Sunday started my intentional "all day sit" series in the ladder stand as you can't kill em if you aren't there!! Taking the crossbow is something to get used to. It is heavier and more cumbersome than my rifles but given I am not a bow guy, have some current arm tweakage, and have limited...
Saturday I put out a new ground blind in a strategic spot that is good fir early morning and the last 1-2 hours in the evening when you can catch deer coming out tge feed in the cut corn field. I headed out to the ladder stand that is really my only option as the first several days of this hunt...
I pulled into town late afternoon Thursday and we chilled that night. Friday I had biscuits and gravy at tge diner in town and then took Casey to Indy for a few of my favorites....Heidelberg Haus, Claus' butcher shop, the commissary, and a White Castle. Full day of goodness.
I got home Sunday evening. Monday was a whirlwind of laundry, repacking, adjusting and cleaning the truck (Jack). Tuesday I had to go in for shift at Scheels (had to avoid not working a shift for 30 days or I'd be taken off the rolls. 😉). Came up and got some sleep to ready myself to leave...
The rest of the week was sadly uneventful from that point forward. Good times in camp, plenty of warm fires and shit talking to be had. CPO finished up the last of that Busch Light Peach he had been sucking down all week and we prepared to leave. Chained up per usual knowing that after the...
The next couple of days were pretty uneventful. I saw nothing of note other than a lone fox. Redman had seen some critters not on his menu and a bunch of tracks up high so Wednesday I went up with him. We sat on 2 small meadows a few hundred yards apart. Later in the afternoon I catch about...
The instruction and cutting took a couple of hours. Once finished and packed we started what was a horribly long climb out of that meadow. But it was a Bestival, clear, cold night. Redman and I joked and commiserated as we climbed. One step at a time, ever thankful for trekking poles. By...