I'll fast forward through part of my story. Terry has the real stuff to tell.
For the most part my week went more slowly than T's. Oh yeah, there were plenty of deer to be seen and a couple of interesting revelations were revealed , but otherwise it was pretty ordinary.
Revelation one. Assessing the situation so you know exactly where all the animals will move so you can be ready.
Yep, I had it all figured out. They'd come down the hill feeding in the beans or following the equipment road. They'd come out of the brushy gap across the field or from my left rear at the fence crossing. Yep, I had it figured. They wouldn't come along the equipment road gap on my right... except for that one doe that showed up there while I was watching the sure fire spots.
She ended up turning into the weeds half way through the gap and followed the ditch toward the brushy gap.
They couldn't possibly come from my right rear where the brush was impossibly thick either. Yep I had it figured. I was Fred Bear or somebody like him. I saw it all in my keen hunting mind.
Of course there was the time I'd heard the leaves crunching back in there. I'd swiveled in my seat enough that if I twisted my head around real hard I could see into the brush.
It wasn't a deer. Only a gray squirrel hopping along searching for acorns. Yep! I knew that's what it would be.
And I knew that's what it was a few minutes later when I heard it again. With little more than a casual glance I looked down to see a doe and her offspring moving fast toward the ditch to my right and below me. Good call Fred!!
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