Flintknapper
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Sheeshhhh....hogs have no decency.
Hogs are making it tough on an old man.
Went and checked the game cams this afternoon. A group of hogs have been coming into one bait site every evening between 8:30-9:00 p.m. since this past Tuesday.
Not only would that make for an early night, but that particular stand is also my Daughters Deer Stand and is quite comfortable. Large Box Stand with a nice padded swivel seat, welded steel frame, insulated walls, floor and ceiling. Carpeted, 12 volt lighting, 12 volt fans, Heater, Thermacell, plexiglass windows on gas struts, etc...
Suffice to say....I can stay in that stand for a long time while waiting on hogs.
Only problem is....the hogs have MOVED! Almost as if they knew I was going to go there tonight.
And where did they go?
Well..... they went to a bait site that is about 400 yards behind my house. In a low lying snake infested, mosquito breeding ground. Basically a small opening (50 yds. by 75 yds.) that I carved out of a patch of green brier and willow trees.
There is a two man ladder stand on that site, that we have named the 'Blood Donor'....because of the abundance of Mosquitoes (until cooler weather).
To make matters worse, the hogs are coming into that site at 4:00 a.m. !
Forecast is for unseasonably cool weather in the morning and an East Wind.
East wind is the only wind direction that will work for that stand. So...I am going to get my Old Butt out of bed at 3:00 a.m. and head on down there.
Even though I know....in actuality, there will be NO wind that time of the morning and the thermals will take my scent right to the ground and to the hogs (which will be slightly down hill from me). But I have to try.
I called my Older Brother and told him that if he doesn't hear from me in the next couple of days, he could assume the mosquitoes had drained me dry and that only a shriveled up carcass remained in the stand. I instructed him to come get my rifle but to just leave ME up there until Deer Season.
That way the deer will get used to seeing someone on stand. Then...in November, he (my brother) could climb up there (shove me out) and maybe get a crack at a nice buck. By Thanksgiving...my Wife should notice I've been missing and can collect on my life insurance policy. So this is bound to work out for someone.
IH8HOGS....!
Flint.
Hogs are making it tough on an old man.
Went and checked the game cams this afternoon. A group of hogs have been coming into one bait site every evening between 8:30-9:00 p.m. since this past Tuesday.
Not only would that make for an early night, but that particular stand is also my Daughters Deer Stand and is quite comfortable. Large Box Stand with a nice padded swivel seat, welded steel frame, insulated walls, floor and ceiling. Carpeted, 12 volt lighting, 12 volt fans, Heater, Thermacell, plexiglass windows on gas struts, etc...
Suffice to say....I can stay in that stand for a long time while waiting on hogs.
Only problem is....the hogs have MOVED! Almost as if they knew I was going to go there tonight.
And where did they go?
Well..... they went to a bait site that is about 400 yards behind my house. In a low lying snake infested, mosquito breeding ground. Basically a small opening (50 yds. by 75 yds.) that I carved out of a patch of green brier and willow trees.
There is a two man ladder stand on that site, that we have named the 'Blood Donor'....because of the abundance of Mosquitoes (until cooler weather).
To make matters worse, the hogs are coming into that site at 4:00 a.m. !
Forecast is for unseasonably cool weather in the morning and an East Wind.
East wind is the only wind direction that will work for that stand. So...I am going to get my Old Butt out of bed at 3:00 a.m. and head on down there.
Even though I know....in actuality, there will be NO wind that time of the morning and the thermals will take my scent right to the ground and to the hogs (which will be slightly down hill from me). But I have to try.
I called my Older Brother and told him that if he doesn't hear from me in the next couple of days, he could assume the mosquitoes had drained me dry and that only a shriveled up carcass remained in the stand. I instructed him to come get my rifle but to just leave ME up there until Deer Season.
That way the deer will get used to seeing someone on stand. Then...in November, he (my brother) could climb up there (shove me out) and maybe get a crack at a nice buck. By Thanksgiving...my Wife should notice I've been missing and can collect on my life insurance policy. So this is bound to work out for someone.
IH8HOGS....!
Flint.