Saddlebag Preacher
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I 56, out of shape and lazy, so Tuesday evening before dark I take my folding chair out to the woods behind my house (on a farm) and decide to squirrel hunt the next morning where I see a ton of cut nuts on the ground.
Before daybreak Wednesday morning I take the 4 wheeler about a hundred yards from where the chair is, walked in and set down with with my back against one tree, facing said target tree. After daybreak, there are squirrels everywhere, but they are little juvenile greys. So I'm holding out for something a little bigger than what I'm seeing.
About 30 minutes after daylight, as I'm watching another little one playing around, I see movement in the path next to me and here comes a 6 point buck. So naturally I froze, only my eyes moved, and not much. That buck walked off the trail and up to a good 10 feet from me setting in the chair, looked right at me, sniffed the air, and began to eat acorns and stuff off the ground. Went on for 5 minutes like this with me frozen in place before he slowly walked back to the path and slowly walked out of sight. I finally began to breath and just left the chair after that encounter. It was pretty awesome.
This weekend is youth only deer hunting with a firearm and I was going to take my nephew this year (13 years old). So, I changed my mind on where I was going to take him and I went back that evening and set up my pop up blind within range of where the trail is and hope Mr. Buck might meander back through. He may be in the next county by now, but ya never know.
Before daybreak Wednesday morning I take the 4 wheeler about a hundred yards from where the chair is, walked in and set down with with my back against one tree, facing said target tree. After daybreak, there are squirrels everywhere, but they are little juvenile greys. So I'm holding out for something a little bigger than what I'm seeing.
About 30 minutes after daylight, as I'm watching another little one playing around, I see movement in the path next to me and here comes a 6 point buck. So naturally I froze, only my eyes moved, and not much. That buck walked off the trail and up to a good 10 feet from me setting in the chair, looked right at me, sniffed the air, and began to eat acorns and stuff off the ground. Went on for 5 minutes like this with me frozen in place before he slowly walked back to the path and slowly walked out of sight. I finally began to breath and just left the chair after that encounter. It was pretty awesome.
This weekend is youth only deer hunting with a firearm and I was going to take my nephew this year (13 years old). So, I changed my mind on where I was going to take him and I went back that evening and set up my pop up blind within range of where the trail is and hope Mr. Buck might meander back through. He may be in the next county by now, but ya never know.