So, have yinz missed me since my last rant? Well I am back to tell yinz about the great time I've been having!
Looked out my front window early Tuesday morning and seeing such a gorgeous day about to blossom I thought I would head to my tree stand at center field.
Figured the neighbor wouldn't be working the fence to my north til afternoon and I might get a view of a elusive PA. White Tail heading to or from the pasture. Quickly dawned my make-up, dressed in my look-like-a-tree camouflage attire and beat feet out the door.
Just in time to see a Dutchman high stepping through the pasture on his way, I'm supposing to set-up or, to check his trap line at the swamp.
Well I figured there's always tomorrow or the next day, but I can pretty much write off the the field and pucker brush to my north if the area is now being trapped.
Wednesday, still sulking from the day before, I finally convince myself it might be to my advantage to get out bright and early in the afternoon but this time, sit in my tree stand overlooking the now cleared bean field to my south. Hoping enough time has passed and the deer have since returned to that area since the combine worked the field. Even gave it some wishful thinking that the Dutchman might even chase one or two elusive PA. White Tail from the pucker brush to my north and they to would join the others in the now cleared bean field to my south.
Quickly applied my make-up, dressed in my look-like-a-tree apparel and out the door, off the steps toward the bean field and wham there before me a huge deer, broadside!
Stupid winter wheat!!!! OK, so there is tomorrow and still plenty of time. Except this time, I ain't going hunting tomorrow and hunting I did not go! Had to finish-up on that get-r-done list which I got away from because, I told the better half I needed a metric Cresent Wrench to work on one of the items. Damed if she didn't find one at Home Depot!
Of course I kept in mind, while looking at the metric measurements stamped in the side of my new wrench, tomorrow is another day and there certainly remains plenty of time.
Let me make this perfectly clear, the next morning (yesterday) I AM in my ground blind before sun-up but to get there in time I chose not to wear my make-up or my look-like-a-tree garmits. I say perfectly clear because when the sun came out, so did the fog!!
Well the fog did burn off, I think by 10:00 AM or so which was worth waiting for, I guess I could say, because I was treated to a show of gray and fox squirrels romping through the area. Scurrying here and there, running round the ground blind then scampering away. Gotta say it was entertaining, until one Gray decided to try it's skill at climbing the blind and ended up right in the window. Talk about lucky, when that squirrel saw me sitting there it spun around and flew to a nearby tree where it shook it's tail and scolded me for 5 minutes. Can you imagine what would have happened had I taken time to apply my make-up and dress in my look-like-a tree apparel? I needed a change of panties as it was.
Then this morning I see the good news from some yinz comments as it seems, everyone has lost sight of the elusive PA. White Tail and seeing little in the way of the rut. After reading that information I can at least once again, look toward tomorrow which of course, just screwed-up the plans I made to start fishing. Thank-yinz very much!!
Good luck to all and watch out for those elusive PA. squirrels..
PS. NO I am NOT in the PA. Wilds this morning...... there's always Monday.