Friday November 6 2020
I have been looking forward to this hunt all week
As it has been a whole week since I have been out hunting
Oh, wait I don’t need to hunt right now
I got me a big buck
However, going out hunting even if it’s not my hunt
Is as rewarding as if I were hunting myself
I love being outdoors
So, another Friday night hunt it is
This time Marcus had the bow in his hands
He said he had a new place to sit, I mean I trust him with my life 🙂
At 1st he just wanted to old school ground sit
But I said let’s take the Ghost Blind
Some cover is better than none
Well the walk in was horrendous
The field we thought was half plowed
Was fully plowed
You ever walk the edge of a farm field
Were the field meets the grass
Horrible especially for a girl that had ankle surgery this past year
I was carrying a hunting chair with no strap
I have carried this chair before and it sucks
I know my arm strength is weak
Thanks for the reminder that I am a wimp
So, the chair got the best of me
Plus, I carried the Ghost Blind, I have not broken down and bought the backpack for it yet
But the thing is awkward to carry
Long walk over
I can’t even tell you how far that walk was
But I never wanted to walk it again
I thought of how I could get back with out going back the way I came
Marcus had picked a spot on the bottom of a huge bean field(that was tilled up already)
This bean field butts up to marsh and lots of cattails
Next to an ancient huge tree, which I have always been fond of
I knew this to be a promising spot
As over the years I have seen many a deer here
Once we got settled in it didn’t take long for a deer to be spotted in the field over to our left
Far away for sure
Then another comes out in front/left of us
From the cattails
100 yards would be my guess
I don’t know my yards from feet, so who knows
The weather was so nice 70 degrees for sure
It was nice to bask in the warm air
As I know soon it will be gone
I spot a flock of birds over head
This turned out to not be a normal flock
I am assuming they are blackbirds, red wing black birds, and grackles
Their flight in the sky went on for over 10 minutes
10 minutes of continuous flight of birds
Like I said I haven’t seen this type of migration for over 10 minutes ever.
I notice a doe cross the bean field diagonally
To our side of the field
They seem to be all congregating to the same area
There must be an area in the beans yet for them to eat
All does no bucks
Its closing now and we must pack up
A few does are still down the tree line from us eating
Which leads to a tricky pack up
As I am standing up now
And I see the deer(big deer)
To me left, over in the direction of the does, in the field beyond
Binoculars up
Big Buck
Marcus got a good look too
Big Buck
Its past dark but his rack is big enough to make out
We think it is BUD, he has a real tall rack
He slowly walks up the tree line at the end of the field
Of course, on the other property
He then turns around and walks back
He has his eyes on the does that have been in the field with us most of the night
It was a nice sit
Saw my biggest buck of the season so far
The walk back killed me and I had to draw inner strength
To keep my sanity on the way back
I really just wanted to scream and cry out loud
Instead I screamed and cried on the inside
And it was loud
About halfway back I had to dig deep
Mind over matter
Boots to the ground
Focus it will end and it did
I really liked the spot we sat in
It covered a lot of area and I could see lots of land
So much possibility in this spot.
Oh and I cant wait to see how sore my body is in the morning!
Shot straight! !