Friday morning had me in a field of onions, doing some variety evalulations. As i moved from one field to the next, I spotted a racoon heading out of the field I was just in. I just happened to have my bow in the truck. I was apx. 100yds from the racoon with my truck between us, I used the truck as a shield to close the distance to 50yards. I got my truck door open, and grabbed my bow, and then I noticed the racoon turned back into the onion field and running down the row. I sprinted apx. 50 yards as I got closer the area the racoon was in I started looking down the rows. I spotted him running full sprint down the row away from me, the chase was on!. I jumped in the next row sprinting after him. I cut the distance to 10 yards, then I jumped into his row, as soon as I entered his row, he jumped two rows over. It's not easy to jump a 72" bed, with onion tops 24" high and 3" onion bulbs under your feet (like jumping onto a bunch of tennis balls), I stumbled, but did not fall over. The racoon now headed back out of the field in the opposited direction, with me it tow! Once more he jumped another row, and I managed to keep with him without stumbling. At this point I noticed that the onion tops were not moving where the racoon entered. I quickly surmised that he was "hiding"!!! I jumped back into a row, and moved very slowly, when i was 4 yards from where I thought the racoon was, I stopped, looked through all the onion tops. That is when I spotted a softball sized piece of gray/black fur. I anchored, picked my spot and let fly. A very large comotion proceeded. Onion tops flopping in all directions. Then....all was still. Except for my heart due to all the sprinting that occured in the chase!!
My "hunting" grounds!(I am standing in the row the racoon orginally ran down. The chase all started by my truck)
The "Mark of the Shark" (165 Interceptor, this is the 5th animal for this arrow/BH combination, 2 rabbits, 2 woodchucks, and now the racoon, can't wait to use it on deer in another month)
At Peace (the row it all started in)
chris <><
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