So this morning was opening day in Virginia for bow season.. I had all my stuff ready to go. At 4:30am I am up ready to get back into the woods. I take a step outside and nature forgot its Fall. Feels about 70 deg and humid as crap. [:@]I get a shower and all that get dressed taking my stuff to my truck and my stomach starts bubbleing [&:]Quickly make my way to the bathroom to prevent a nuclear meltdown in my pants. Mmm got to love the smell of my nostils burning from what ever potperri (sp) crap the wife has in there, deer should like it also.
Get to my spot park my truck a little before 6am and throw on my scentlock leafy suit and start my trip into the dark. Stomach still rumbling some. I pace myself to prevent sweating but doesn't work well. I stop take a break still have an hour before sunrise, finally get to my stand and get settled ready to rock. Still mostly dark but then they come. Mosquito's and lots of them.They can't get past my leaft suit but my hands (wearing light netting bow hunting gloves) and my opening in my face mask are fair game.
Around 6:50am or so 2 does walk out of the dark my way. I reach down and take off my safety and click my 3dot scope onto No. 1 light setting. They go behind a couple trees, to dark to shoot anyways just see their outlines. 5 minutes later they appear again this time its more light and I am ready. Still behind a couple small twigs that would be enough to throw off my shot. So I wait while I am basically being eating alive. They are around 20yards from me and I am afraid to move. I wait for them to go just a few more steps into an open shooting lane and drop the biggest. Never happens they walk over to where the persimmon trees are at the 35 yard mark and have breakfast.
I sit for another 30 minutes and Mosquito's are in a swarm on my hands 10 - 15 on each hand and I keep moving to get them away. All I hear is buzzingand since they can't get in that way they come and get all around my eyes.I throw in the towel and start walking back to my truck. My hands have welps on them the size of dimes and at least 75 spots ontop, on the bottom and sides of my hands and some on my fingers.. I left all mad and depressed..
Before going home I went to town and found some a Thermocell's and picked one up. Going back in a couple hours and taking back the woods and bringing home a deer.
Not I just hope I don't have West Nile or something
