I normally hunt alone. I know this is not a wise thing to do and I catch the devil for it from family, but I like to wander around. Then I sit. Then I wander. And I do not like to be responsible for keeping track of anyone else. If I decide I have had enough for the day, I do not offend anyone by going home and having some coffee.

The nice thing is, if I do get one down and need help, I have always been told by my friends that they are as close as a phone call away. So far I have been able to get them out. A good 4 wheeler is a life saver. Although there was one big one back in the cedar marsh that just about had me giving up. I can't remember being that tired. When you are basically in a thicket and having to move a 140# deer through that stuff, and over it, and under it, and through the creek, you know what work is. Actually I even considered letting it pass when I saw it. But the sausage monster in my head was teasing that there was none in the house, so we took the shot.

Sometimes I still hunt with a group of guys, but I do not like the idea of all these people in one small area hunting around me. Also I am not one that likes to be visited to "see how things are going." I like to be on my own property, all alone, and just sit. I like to blind hunt the most. This year though I might have a visitor as a goodfriend wants me to help her son learn how to muzzle load hunt, etc and has no one who will take him along. He's a good kid, so what the heck.