9th Sit
Friday October 24, 2020
It had rained and misted a majority of the day
Not a peek of sunshine from the heavens
Ohhhh and the wind raced freely thru space every which way
Plus, it was a tad bit cold
Fridays are always a long day at work
Even when you work from home
The taste of 2 days off and the thought of fresh air and hunting do a good job teasing the mind.
Its 4:15, just logged off the ole work computer and I am flying around the house trying to get ready
Well most things are already ready.
As the days get closer to the time change the less time I have in the stand
Here we go!
I parked the Mud Duck further back this time
So, I had a longer walk
I had worn my rubber boots for the walk in
I figured with all the rain we had, I would run into muddy travels
Well I ran into so much more
Puddles, lots and lots of water
In the lower land area
Sometimes way above the ankle of my boots in several areas
Now I am glad I wore the rubber boots
Thinking to myself, Dang girl you got some smarts
I wasn’t expecting the amount of water I saw
This water was not from flooding from the river
As it does a few times a year
The water was a bit disheartening
But it’s the nature of the beast.
My blind had water on the floor
I often wonder where it comes from as it is
But it sure did wind and rain the other night
An enclosed insulated blind
But where there is a will there is away
It was a windy, wet overcast afternoon
And I feel the evening would not produce much activity
About 5:00 Mr. Raccoon
Came out from the tree area and wander off thru the field right in front of me
At 5:02, 3 deer are to the left of me, Mom and 3 fawns
Eating in the big food plot
At 5:13, a doe walked out to my left out into the big food plot
This is a popular food plot since I started hunting
Anyways, the doe coming from this area had me thinking
Where that doe came from is a flooded ditch, so I wondered how it got there
Jump the ditch suppose.
Anyways it was neat to watch this doe come into the food plot and how the mother and fawns
Interacted with her
They sure did keep their distance from one another, but I wondered why they couldn’t be friends
But I suppose a mother needs to protect her young
A short time later
I see another doe enter the field from my far far left
It certainly was small and all alone
These deer munched on food in the plot for the next 15 minutes or so
By this time, I am distracted by the sound of four wheelers on the road
Probably the neighbors
But they had successfully managed to disturb the deer and they disappeared
I had hoped the four wheelers would not make their way back by me
Well they better not and should now better
But the sure did screw around and disturb my sound of silence for the next 5 minutes or so
I mean going down the road and back is one thing
But I felt it was so much more
And I can respect that boy need play
I could feel my blood pressure raise
I figured I didn’t have a chance to see much the rest of the night
As I sat enjoying the peacefulness
I notice how unusually quite it is
I also notice this on my walk in
I contribute the silence to the wet ground
Everything was soaked and nothing was made a sound
No rustling of the leaves and grass
Just complete quiet
I found this silence quite eerily, but almost soothing to my soul
Around 6 the big grand owl behind me on the tree line
Gave a few hoots as the light eases into darkness
About 6:10 the deer are back in the food plot to my left
I only see 4, but who knows how many there are
As I cannot not see the entire curve of the field
As I watch the darkness grab the light by the hand
I watch as the deer in the food plot stand at attention
They are looking straight ahead of themselves
Well out comes a deer from the left behind me, in front of them
Again, I wonder where they come from, as they have to cross the water/ditch in order to get to the food plot
The ditch is overflowing from all this rain
It is now well past closing time
I quietly zipper up the window facing the deer and slowly pack up
Trying my hardest to not make much noise
As I am sure any minute I will spoke them
I unzip the door and peak my head out, hoping they had departed the food plot
Nope they did not
I released the cross bow
Below my blind
This time thinking
They would hear this and leave
Nope they are still there
I now see 2 large deer figures walk out to the tall grass
From that ditch area
I was not able to see any horn
I did manage to get a glimpse in the binocs
By the time I was all packed up and ready to step out of the blind
The field was full of deer
I am talking 10 plus deer
I could make out some pretty big bodies
The field was littered with bodies.
I tried to be as quiet as possible
Zippering up the door and climbing down the ladder
But they paid me no attention
As they all remained in the field eating. I was able to walk away from my blind
And they didn’t know, no different.
I was pretty impressed I managed to be so quiet as to not scare then off
The walk out was dark
Which made the walk rough
As I had to walk through the water again, this time there appeared to be more
Mud than my way in
Or perhaps I just found the muddy areas this time
I was smart this time driving out
I put the Mud Duck in four wheel drive before I left
As the last 2 times I got stuck and had to back up and put her in 4 wheel drive and then go
Darn I am smart didn’t get stuck this time
The buck movement so far on camera has been minimal, but a good night hunting
Is not measured by the antlers I see
I got to see lots of deer tonight and I was fascinated by their behavior as they mingled with other deer.
They temp are dipping tonight
Once I got back home, I was getting out of my hunting gear and
I thought I would have to wear my
One rubber boot in the house
As I could not get it off,
I have a bad foot/ankle and could not find the strength to pry it off my foot
Nothing a few choice words didn’t cure
Fish, potatoes and zucchini for supper
The story of my night shared with the guys(you too Dad)
Dad, you will find the humorous in this……..
20 minutes after I left the blind
I had a buck on camera
A nice one, I think the one I had seen a few hunts back
Definitely a shooter
In the very food plot that all those deer where in when it was closing time
I wonder now as I look at that big rack
Was he out there, when I was there?
The heart feels a little heavy(you know that feeling)
Seeing him on camera, so close yet so far way
Until next time…shoot straight…its almost ruttin time!