Ok, I am sharing this because I trust you all can keep this to yourselves. (yeah right) I will probably never live this down as long as I live. If anyone else has done this, let me know, it would make me feel alot less stupid. First, as some of you may know, I am new to hunting as of about a month, which makes me feel all the more a total and complete RETARD.
Growing up as a kid, I was very familiar with poison Ivy, but never did get poison oak, so I didn' t recognize it this last Saturday when I went out hunting. I was having a great time just exploring around and trying to learn what to look for when deer hunting, when suddenly, nature called. There was nothing I could do about it, I had to go. So, I set my gun down and found a good spot, and proceeded to do my duty. Unbeknownst to me, out of all the leaves in the forrest, I just HAD to pick a vine of poison oak to pluck leaves off of as needed[]. After going through maybe 3 or 4 leaves, I was done, and continued about my day as planned[:-].
It wasn' t until Sunday morning I had realized that I had made a very, very bad mistake[X(], and was going to pay dearly for my ignorance and inexperience. I just wan' t to say, I' m doing ok, no need to make any phone calls, or send any cards, I' ll be.......ok. There is nothing, not even poison oak in the rump, that can deter me from my newfound love of hunting. I will carry on, I will be strong![:' (]