clearanceman

After 10 years of deer hunting, I almost got skunked this year. Last year I got five and six the year before, but this year I seemed to have little luck. Wrong place at the wrong time, right place at the wrong time, wrong place at the right time, I was starting to feel like Dr. John, ha! I also lost about 45 pounds and you would think that would be good for deer hunting but being fat and slow is good for still hunting, move less see more deer. I am having to learn how to slow down again. I also have three little kids now and so less time and being self employed and a daycare bill it is hard to turn off the revenue loss calculator in my head when I am hunting which is another distraction. So I was a mess the last three days, one day, I worked and then went out only the last hour of daylight, I drove to a spot, went in too fast, jumped two up, didn't shoot (I don't shoot at tails). Got back to the car and realized I hadn't even loaded the gun! About 4pm on the last day of the last season got an easy broadside shot at a decent doe. Wow, talk about last minute, that was close. This will help a lot next time I start feeling guiltly some year when it is like shooting fish in a barrel. Some years it is and some years it isn't but the experience of being out there and never knowing what will happen keeps me coming back regardless. Happy new year, no more deer season here until October! It ended Friday.