Did I miss anything this morning and "is the 'rut' up to my little piece of Penn's Woods.....yet"???
 
 
Yeah... yeah I know,  BOOOO!!  HSSSS!!! 
 
 
Bit of a balmy south wind this morning bringing periods of heavy dew or something resembling, spitting from the sky.    Wind getting gusty at times makes for a unhappy hunter cause I ain't out sitting in the crap...…. yet 
 
It seems someone was backing his boat into her birth and needed to pull evvvvver so slightly forward to straighten with the trailer when for some unknown reason, someone  pulled evvvver so slightly too faaaar forward getting someone's back tires off the gravel drive into the grass.
 
Noooooo someone didn't get stuck unless the twenty foot long ruts 12" deep can be considered stuck. (note to self; thank goodness for FWD(18" tires too )) 
 
Howevrrrrrr, someone who should be sitting in a tree swinging his feet, happy as a Lark, will now be washing someone's truck.  (note to self;  thank goodness for power washers( 2.8 GPM 2800 PSI))
 
Now if you will excuse me, I must go and find a nice quiet place, to cry. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Well, my daughter's archery season hit a snag on Friday.
I had Friday off and planned on setting up an 18' double ladder stand on a new property close to home I got permission to hunt on.  @ noon, walking in to scout to see where I am going to put it, I see a really nice 7 or 8 pt staring at me about 80 yds out on the trail.  He finally scampers off and when I get to where he was, I could smell his "ruttiness."  Picked out a tree about 80 yds away in a good area of converging trails that lead up to an oak flat.  2 more trips back and forth to the truck with the stand components (walking over 400 yds) and I soon come to realize after multiple attempts, I am not going to get an 18' double ladder up in the tree by myself.  So now, I have a 12' double ladder stand set.  It will have to do.
 
Plan was to have my daughter get a quick no-scent shower when she hopped off the bus @ 3:20pm and head to the stand.  @ 2pm, on my way back home after setting the stand, I get a call from the wife that I need to head to the school to pick up my daughter.  She got injured in gym class.  So, rush home to change and run up and grab her and her thumb is busted (visibly displaced).  Headed to MedExpress for the xrays/splint and my wife met me there and she stayed and I went home to get my boy off the bus.  It was his turn up now and we did hit the stand but didn't see anything that first evening.  At least we have until the Sat. after Thanksgiving and after some time, my daughter should be healed up enough to get back out there, maybe from the ground.
Ortho didnt think any ligament damage so, as long as she doesn't fall on it, no surgery.  Got a removable cast put on @ 730am this morning.  
 
My son did have fun on the walk out in the almost darkness.  He leaned up against a dead, head high, hollowed out stump and a bird must have been settled in for the night in it and took off, brushing his face/neck with its wing.  He got a kick out of that.  Saw some deer along the road on the way home so we weren't totally skunked.

Sorry she busted up the thumb but glad it sounds uncomplicated for healing (so far). Hope it heals up enough to salvage part of her season and she still gets a chance at a wall hanger! Good luck to your boy also... great to see you getting them into it!

Hope the girl's ok,and good luck with the youngsters. My deer hunting was put pretty much put hold when my son was young,I had to make sure he got his buck before I even started,I don't regret it because he is one H-'ll of a bow hunter now. On another note Ohio was no good on Sunday,but I probably could have shot 10 limits of woodies  and mallards. Flooded oak woods with acorns floating everywhere. Monday morning even worse daylight till 1:00 pm. One lonely doe at 8:00 am. Not much rutting activity in my neck of the woods. I'm about ready to make a drastic move to a residential wood plot. Not much woods but a lot of deer.

Ok spent some time in my stand this afternoon 2:30 until dark . Pretty good day to be out not raining , wind pretty calm but only thing wrong about this no deer 😡. Still swampy for sure had to lock in the 4 wheel drive just to be safe coming back out of the field .rattled some , grunted some actually I guess a lot 😜👍... Think I even had the squirrels laughing at me .... lol So no deer seen and that’s my story ....good luck y’all time running out ....

Well, just before 5 the 8 I had stroll up the driveway played along and came up the path offering me a shot. Soon as I let it fly I watched him duck, and my arrow hit much higher than I wanted. Spun around and dropped for a second, then took off with the bolt stuck up to the fletchings in him. Let it go for an hour and a half, then decided to see what blood sign I could find. Followed the path I knew he headed in for about 75yds with no signs of blood. I'm sick. Gonna run to town and get some propane and let it lay for a while, then start searching the creek bottom. Hope I find some sign before the rain starts tonight

Yikes, I open the board and two, 'not so happy camper' stories.

Eyes best wishes to your daughter for a quick and complete recovery.

Crappie_Slayer I'm with ya in thought man. If I knew where you were at, I'd be there too. Good luck. 😯

Mopars' dang straight on FWD, I know sumthin bout them 'soft fields' buddy.

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As for spending my day afield, 😭never happened 'cause it took the better part of the day getting ' afield unstuck from my truck.😩


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But tomorrow..... tomorrow, bright and early, my wife and I off to do some casting. No not fishing ya silly's, we're off to cast our ballots.😉

Don't forget to get out and vote. 👍👍

Spent 2 hrs searching the area I shot and direction this buck headed for any sign of blood with no result. Absolutely disgusted. Will be back out tomorrow morning searching high and low for him in the rain, but as I keep replaying the whole scenario in my head I really think that there is a high possibility I hit him above the spine. When I hit him he dropped to the ground, then jumped up and took off like a bat out of hell right past me and toward the creek bottom with the arrow stuck in him 3-4" from the top of his back. Not gonna sleep well tonight,

Well that sucks Crappie ... hope you find him , have been there. Did that years ago hit 7pt watched it go to top of this little hill , watched it drop. Waited probably 30 -45 minutes thinking where I was taking it to get it processed. Got out of my stand went to get it and it was gone ...thought I hit it good but very little blood was doubting my shoot. Anyways got my buddy & we looked for several more hours Wife and I both took off work the next day. After several hours and rain I gave up never did find it ..... so yes know the feeling .... good luck 👍

A friend of a friend called me to-nite for the # of a woman that will bring her tracking dogs out to try to recover a  big buck that he hit to-nite. I hope that they found it before this rain started again. I am sure that there will be little sleep for a few guys to-nite.   sam