Don't know how exciting this update will be. Though it was pretty exciting for Vance and I starting very early this morning.
As I had stated previously, fire danger is very high out here right now. We got a taste of that.
About 6 a.m. I was laying in bed thinking about getting up and rolling when I started having this ringing in my ears. That's not unusual...been too close to too many loud noises in my life.
I noticed that if I turned my head in one direction that it dimenished and even went away for a moment.
Well, it got louder and I thought I was losing it at last.
Then I remembered the carbon monoxide detector in the camper I'm staying in. That got my attention and I got up and pulled on my jeans.
Sure as anything, the little life saver was making a most irritable noise. I opened a window and the door and went out side.
As I stepped into the chill 29 degree air I saw Vance racing out of the house. "Get in the truck!", he yelled.
I can tell you I was a little confused, but jumped on in the truck.
As we raced down the drive, throwing rocks into the billowing dust cloud behind us he explained what was going on. "We got a fire!"
Less than a quarter mile from the house I could see the yellowed grass blazing along side the road. This could get interesting, I thought.
Come to find out, a power line had snapped and as it hit the ground the shower of sparks had set the grass afire.
The alarm I'd heard in the camper was the detector reacting to the power outage caused by the downed wire....I'll sleep better tonight knowing that.
Well, long story short, we got the fire out, didn't get toasted or electrocuted. The power company showed up and fixed the problem in short order and we went about our business.
The rest of the day was a pretty routine day. We had several stalks on antelope today, but they were less than successful. Mostly we had lousy cover to work with and the goats were their usual uncooperative selves.
But man did we see some nice bucks.
Each day the bucks show more signs of the approaching rut and the large herds of does hanging on the ranch are becoming more important...bait on the hoof as we all know.
A varmint stand at last light proved futile, but I'm gonna keep at that. Saw another red fox today and I really am developing a desire to arrow one.
I'll be bringing in the game camera that I put out day before yesterday, some time tomorrow around mid day.
So should have some pics to share then.
Checking on the dried pond from my first game cam pics showed the antelope still hanging out there even though it's bone dry.
May end up staking out that place yet.
(how's that Chad?) :D
Topic: The Way West...a bowhunting journey. (Read 47354 times)
