ORIGINAL: HNI_Christine
Steve, I imagine you in the mud is much like me trying to 'sneak' through the woods wearing boots two sizes too big while having the climbing stand strapped to my back. Graceful... not.
BTW, I thought of you when I was walking back out of the woods on Wednesday night. I don't use a flashlight. I can pretty much see the stuff I need to. I was going through a lot of spider webs, can't see those. At one point I went face-first through a big web. I felt something on my chin and it was one of those BIG spikey haired orb spiders. I picked it off my chin but then it just hung on to my fingers. Ihad to dothe hand flail thing to shake it off. I figured you would have really enjoyed that.
You'd definetly be able to tell if I got a spider on my face. I'd probably have a black eye and a split lip from trying to get it off.
That's exactly why I hold my bow out in front of me when I'm walking to my stand in the morning. My favorite spot is down in the river bottoms and there's some big ole hairy ones down there. I HATE those things.