So Saturday morning gets here and I am planning on slipping out back in a little blind I have become fond of. I am not even out of my back yard yet and the "snort patrol" goes off. I am like "No way!", but these guys had me busted before legal shooting was even here. Sounded like three or four,I waited till all was quiet then continued on only to spook one more before I got to my setup. I have to start smoking and use Zest soap instead of this scent free nonsense I guess.
Sat a few hours and watched the sun come up,thank you God,what a sight. Was entertained by all kinds of birdlife,even had a Bluejay fly directly over my head and land 3 ft away. These guys are some of the most skitish birds in Pa. so that impressed me. Time to go......
Fast forward to the evening hunt and I am sitting in a treestand that is just inside of a woodlot, that is bordered by a high weed field. There is a trail that comes across the weed field
and runs just to the west of me.It is a good natural funnel,but nothing usually happens until right before quitting time,so I settle in for the wait. All kinds of birds are on the entertainment channel again, and although I prefer my feet on the ground,it is interesting looking at them from this elevated level.
At 5:00 I hear a loud branch crack in the woods across the field, and I think here we go,showtime!
I am suprised when out of the woods comes a Springer Spaniel but even more suprised when there owners come following them in an ELECTRIC GOLF CART! You have got to be kidding me! I calm myself down,figure if this happens every now and then the deer will not be bothered by it to much so why get worked up. They sit for a bit then spin the cart around and are gone as quick as they came.That thing was silent.
So it is just about 5:45 and I am starting to go into the full alert mode(I am a night hunter at heart)when all of a sudden it sounds like Tedd Nugent is having a gig up at one of the houses at the base of the ridge. Absolutely no way!! This goes on for a full 15 minutes and I am so glad I have this safety harness on so at least when I stroke out I do not have to hit the ground when I fall out of the stand.
All of a sudden I catch movement down below me and when I focus I see that it is a beautiful black squirrel. He is gorgeous,almost catlike.He was heading out the way I came in.That looked like a pretty good idea. I called it a night.
Good Shooting,
Craig
Topic: PA Saturday Opener (Read 566 times)
