Sunday December 1, 2013

December has always been a good month for us even though we only get to hunt a few days of the month. Today was no different. I saw eight deer before I got out of my stand to check a camera. One was a small buck that I passed. I have a few pictures of him. Unfortunately he got killed later that day by a guy who was hunting in the same area. It’s tough to see a buck in the Adirondacks let alone kill one, so I’m happy for anyone who gets a buck. It’s just one I chose not to shoot.  Josh killed a small buck today, too. He got him about a half hour before dark in a place I told him to check out. It was his first Adirondack buck. I wish we got some pictures of him, but we’ll have to settle for memories.

When I got out of my stand to check a camera I thought I heard a gunshot, but couldn’t be sure. A few minutes later my dad came on the radio and told me he killed a nice buck. I looked at my watch and it read 1:40. I knew we were in for a long night. We were a long way from the road and with his  heart condition and my diabetes we would have to do the best we could to get the deer out of there. Since there was snow on the ground we decided to drag it until dark. Once it got dark we would walk to the road.

When we got to the road Brian and Josh were waiting for us. I’ve never been so happy to see two  people. Since they’re both considerably younger than me I didn’t argue with them when they said they would drag it the rest of the way out of the woods. For the most part we had already dragged it through the roughest terrain and the remainder of the journey would be mostly downhill.

We didn’t get home until 11:30pm. Since I have tomorrow off 4:30 is going to come early. I’ll be tired by the time tomorrow ends. I’ll hunt the mountain close to home. I have a deer that is teasing me up there and I’d like to win the game.

IMG_1257IMG_1260The buck I passed that got shot.

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