Looks like you are roughing it.
Must be hard to stay focused in those conditions.
Must be hard to stay focused in those conditions.
The best tamales either come from the WaMart parking lot or the dollar store parking lot, and if all the quarter panels on the minivan have the same color paint, I don’t stop.
I spent probably 30 years sitting on a 2X6 wedged in a tree fork, or a little saddle on a limb, maybe a ladder stand taking a ton of deer.
14 years ago, decided I'd paid my dues for roughing it and built a tower blind from scrap stuff. 4X6 that allowed company, mostly kids with a parent to take their first deer.
There isn't much more satisfying than seeing a kid take their first.
The neighbor with a LOT of land has a DMAP with an overload of does, so the focus was always to take does. His clients and their kids were my hunt buddies, some I still keep up with over the years.
Some, members of this forum.
Lightning hit my old stand, blowing a 12" hole in the side in the spring I'm thinking. An owl took up residence in 2021, making it uninhabitable then and in the future. (I've posted pics of the old stand, the feces, etc in earlier posts)
Last time blind. Go for it. Wife said go for it.
This is where I'm at currently.
The rest of my hunting will be in comfort with propane heat and a place to warm up some soup and make coffee.
If I kill a deer, that's a bonus.
I've been amazed at how tight this blind is considering I had bucks and does 100 yards downwind that had no idea i was around them.
The old blind was pretty windy, deer 300 yards away going across the field would get a smell and bolt.
This Muddy doesn't have that issue.
Sitting at an elevation of 4,973 feet, Black Mesa in the extreme NW of Cimarron County in the Panhandle of Oklahoma, is an ideal location if one is looking for a dark skies location for viewing the stars. They now have a trail going up to the top of the mesa, whereas we as kids climbed up various places along the sides. Black Mesa is the highest elevation in Oklahoma.
Columbia River and Gorge in Northern Oregon.
Heading back home this morning from Virginia with overnight stops near Knoxville and Forrest City, Arkansas.
Heading back home this morning from Virginia with overnight stops near Knoxville and Forrest City, Arkansas.
We climbed the old trails as well when a kid. One of the folks there said to watch out for the rattlesnakes.Sitting at an elevation of 4,973 feet, Black Mesa in the extreme NW of Cimarron County in the Panhandle of Oklahoma, is an ideal location if one is looking for a dark skies location for viewing the stars. They now have a trail going up to the top of the mesa, whereas we as kids climbed up various places along the sides. Black Mesa is the highest elevation in Oklahoma.
We indeed encountered one about halfway up and retreated without ever making the top.
Yet another lighthouse on the tour we did of Narragasett Bay in Rhode Island back in 2023.
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