QuoteMy old pal Butch will be picking me up Tuesday and I'll try to take notes and somehow hold on to my sanity...  

Oh yea, please take notes! Do tell!  :D  

 

Quoteremember, the "Butch Award" can be given at any time for acts of extreme stupidity.  

Oh yea, please, please take some notes. These campfire stories just aren't quite the same as the live ones if ya don't throw in some "Butch" for spice!     Carry on! CK

QuoteOriginally posted by Charlie Lamb:
Just when you thought it was safe to go near your computer....

Like it does so many times this situation fell apart with no shots offered by any of the bucks.

The first in line was the smallest of the group. He moved along quite casually but parallel to my position and never nearer than around 60- 70 yards.

I was watching to see if they'd give any indication of wariness when they crossed the path I'd walked getting in place.
It got that first buck's attention, big time. When he came to my path, he locked up. The other two bucks held up immediately as the little guy postured and stared off in my direction.

The wind was favorable so they weren't picking up my direct scent and they sure couldn't see me, tucked in like I was.

Finally the trio turned and retraced their steps back into the thicket from whence they'd come.
  The big arrow is where they came out of the thicket and the small arrow points to where I was hiding along the creek bank.

No more deer sighted this evening. I determined to get the hang on stand in in the morning.

It was raining much too hard for me to consider sitting in the woods... I kinda got a thing about hanging out and getting soaked to the bone.

I determined to get the stand in the tree I'd selected by noon.
With the rain pelting down I grabbed my Gorilla hangon stand and a set of climbing sticks and hit the woods just after lunch.

It's an ideal situation when you can hang a stand in the rain. Everything gets washed down good and nothing is left of your scent to alarm deer.
I've taken advantage of this strategy many times.

Putting the stand up went smoothly enough. I'll let ya know how the intimate tete a tete with poison ivy went... I'll know more in a day or two. Yuck!

Here's a look at the set up. The tree is a little closer to the spot where the deer come out of the thicket than I usually prefer and will be easy to burn out.

The stand is marked by the pinkish arrow. The blue line is my entry path and the orange lines are deer paths.
 

With a favorable wind, all I should have to worry about is my approach to the stand. A deer coming in under me will be on the upwind side of the tree and of course my scent would be above him.

By 4 p.m. I was back out in the woods and swinging a wide path to the stand. I wanted the first time a deer smelled where I'd walked to be much too late for him.
At least that's the plan.  :D  

I gave it a good sit, but nothing showed. Squirrel movement was zilch and all the birds were holed up somewhere.
All in all a very miserable evening.

I considered what the limitations of the shot would have to be considering the rain.

It should be a very close shot and delivered with as close to surgical precision as possible... the blood trail needed to be short and profuse to withstand the light, but steady rain.

I intended to poke a big ole Magnus I clear through and into the dirt on the other side.

Ah yes! The best laid plans.

I'm off for north Mo. tomorrow for a few days with my old hunting partner Butch. Should be back on Friday.

Where the turkeys are pretty scarce on the property close to home, there are loads of them where I'm going.
Gonna work out the ghillie some more and get that deer from the ground for Joe Lash.... and/or a turkey, but they don't ever play fair.

   

Poison Ivy!        
I broke out in a rash just reading those words!
Be careful what you hide in......

Well i'm headed to TN for a few days and will be back on friday. I hope to see some more good stories by then. Good luck big guy!

ttt

Looking forward to hearing about your next adventure!

Are we there yet?

It'll start heating up here shortly....I promise.  

He's locked up with "BUTCH" that might just throw a new twist to the Story Tellin      

Lets SHAKE the tree and see what falls out    

Perhaps a BLOODY story????

OH CHARLES WHERE IS YOU

I'm leaving for the weekend again - I'll be looking for some stories here when I get back  

Shake it again...nothing happened.

LOL

He must be HUNG up on a limb or something  :eek:  

I'll shake it again


LAM"O" we'll catch ya      

WELL!

Ok now where is he hiding? We need some stories Charlie!