Friday September 25 2020
4th sit!
Well it had been a windy day all day
So wasn’t really sure I should even hunt
Plus the skeeters were bad and the weather was warm
But its that Friday night high I suppose
I don’t know why I work all day and then come right home
Change and then go out hunting
Without getting a thing done at home
It was partly sunny all day
It was warmer
And I was worried about the skeeters
They have been terrible lately
I sat on the farm for the 1st time tonight
It it at the end of a grass waterway
Corn to the right of me
Beans to the left of me
Grass runway in front of me wide open
And a tree line and then corn behind me
It’s the Primos blind I like
But it had a rough tumble through the winter last year
And is not in very good shape
I like it, it is roomy
Marcus did a good job getting it set up
The wind was right for sitting here
I had ozoned my gear prior to going out
This is a new thing I am trying
I was going to short sleeve it
But changed my mind
I always long sleeve it
But it’s warm
I think my arms would be a dead giveaway to a deer
And I though the skeeters would just love to bite my arms
Glad I went with the long sleeve
As the skeeters were suffocating.
The walk into the blind in long
It’s an easy walk just seems forever to get there
And I am always out of breath by the time I get there
Plus, I am always hot and sweaty
The skeeters were horrible as I walked in
Its like they lay and wait and as you pass them in the grass they would murder you
They were so strong that I would flail my arms and I would hit loads of them
The blind in surrounded by farm fields.
It is actually in a valley between two fields with miles of farm fields behind me
And miles of farm fields in front of me and all around me
This is a hot spot for bucks occasionally
We have had some nice ones on camera recentl
We always put blind on the farm
This is the first time it has been in this place
Anyways all settled in
Got loaded and ready to rumble
Marcus said I should be ready for a fast quick shot
As I will not have much time
No matter what field they come out of I won’t have much time to react
They will basically be right on top of me
Well nothing happened upon me
Well I saw one squirrel
Heard a few birds, heard a mad squirrel and a crow, yup that it
But I didn’t see nothing as far as deer
You will have night like that
And this spot is one of those spots
Its hit or miss
At 640 I hear rumbling behind me that I cannot see
I am getting ready waiting for something to step out form the tree line behind me
but nothing did
The sun was bright and pretty as it went down
I could have sit there for hours watching that sun go down
Closing time was here before I knew it
Didn’t have much time to pack up as the skeeters had arrived for dinner
Dreaded the walk back
Yes, the skeeters
Surrounded me, I was just glad I couldn’t see how there may were
They walk was long
And let’s face it
I am not young and I am not physically fit
I counted to 100 a few times
Sang the ABC’s a few times as well
To distract me from the walk as well as the skeeters
The rest is history
Taco chili when I got home
And I looked forward to bedtime as I am not going to lie
My body was hurting from the walk