Huntin' "Sconnie" style...

My good buddy Kurt came up this weekend to help me build another "edifice to the gods", a.k.a. deer stand. That makes number 11. Pretty soon I'm gonna need more woods. At any rate, after we were done it was time to walk the woods for some grouse. We didn't jump any but I told Kurt one or two normally come out before dusk and eat clover right beyond my drainfield. So, there we were, drinking a beer, sitting in lawn chairs waiting for a bird to appear. None did but we did enjoy our beer. Sorry the picture is bad but one of the girls took it with a cell phone through the screen on the porch.
This morning we did some more walking. We kicked 6 birds and got shots at two. Unfortunately those birds were once again flying in a different direction than we were shooting. We discussed the possibility that we were slowing down a bit....can't be can it??
Oh, and when we got back and put away our guns, a grouse walked across the drainfield..... Uffda!!
Ten days ago, I hit a doe archery hunting. My buddy Al and his two sons helped me track it. We spent two hours in the dark, with flashlights, sometimes down on our hands and knees trying to stay on the blood trail. We crossed a couple of swamps and finally lost the trail at 9:30 at night, a long way from my house. I went back the next morning and looked for an hour but couldn't pick up the trail. Hopefully the deer made it, but I don't know... I had the same shot two days later and passed on it. That was wrong. I should have taken it. You have to trust yourself. Lesson learned.
The deer have pretty much vanished during the day light hours. Probably the heat. It's so bad, I haven't hunted some evenings. Why? Cuz of the ^&**(*&&^ mosquitos. Pretty hard to be still and quiet when you are swatting those little guys. We need a good freeze!
Gonna have a T-bone steak tonight and pass on the hunting. But tomorrow morning.....