Last night I went to one of my stands about 5 pm. I was just going to put a camera and sit it out to see what the place held. 20 minutes before sundown a beautiful 10 point came within 10 yrds of my stand. I laid it on him and off he went. I waited till dusk and got down and looked for my arrow. No luck. I had a blood trail so I followed it for several hundred yards until all of a sudden my spotlight went dead. I was in the middle of about 900 acres and it got pitch dark real quick.

I tried my best, crossin a creek and searching forthe downed deer. I looked for a few minutes until I figured not only was I lost, but had no light to get out. I looked at the tree tops for an opening to a field and made my way there. It was a field I wasnt familiar with....so I was screwed. It was goin on 9 pm and I had no signal on my cell. I fiured the best thing to do was setup in one place and dont move til morning. I built a fire,, and waited til sunrise to get my bearings.

Next thing I heard were bloodhounds and a helicopter. 40 county search and rescue were lookin for me! When I got back to my truck 7 of my best buddies were there, and had been there since midnight.

Carry a backup light, GPS, or something to avoid what I just went through!!!! PLEASE!!!!!

Never found the deer, but I made it home....it was 38 degrees outside last night and all I planned on was a 45 minute hunt!

Im going back after some sleep....but be prepared for anything!