First week of rifle is over

 Wednesday 4 December 2024

   We are up early and back at it this morning.  Diane went to the cabin; her leg was sore, and she wanted to get out the wind. I went to Gary's up in the tree stand.  The wind blew so hard I had to find another spot. The wind was bad at the cabin also. Diane went where I thought was a good spot, and it was except the buck came up past the cabin and snuck in behind her.  In for lunch. Evening Diane went to her tent and I went to Gary's on the ground. I didn't see a thing.  Diane had an 8 point walk up the blind

The raccoon is
in there!

side. She had to open the tent flap just to see him, shot, and a miss.  OH crap! Later she was entertained by a racoon for a while.  For dinner we stepped out and ordered a stromboli.

Thursday 5 December 2024

   Sometimes I think we are just crazy!  Wind blowing again 40mph with higher gusts. Diane slept in, I got up but didn't go out after I heard the wind and felt the Moho rock. We had lunch and thought it calmed down a bit, so we dressed and headed out.  Couldn't have been any more wrong.  Diane went to the cabin and was froze by the time I got to her tent. I sat there listening to trees breaking and crashing to the ground.  Diane was in and out of the cabin all evening trying to stay warm. I was a little warmer in the tent😏, but was froze.  We quit early went back to the Moho for left over vegetable soup and grilled ham and cheese. A good meal to warm us up. 

Not sure that is what
a leaf blower is used for!

Friday 6 December 2024

   I'm now sure Diane is the smart one.  I got up at 4:30, dressed and out the door by 6am. What! It snowed another 3 or 4-inches last night.  Darn weatherman, he was calling for up to 1 inch.  Well, snow is so pretty and increases visibility I have it all.  It also covers up rocks and roots you have walk on.  Just as I crossed the creek I slipped and fell backwards toward the creek. 😟 My hat and head lamp went missing! I found my hat (it is orange) looked for head lamp couldn't find it, but I did find my phone just inches away from the freezing creek. Other than a small cut on my nose I was fine. On up the hill to Diane's tree stand. I stayed there until I ran out of food around 8:30 or 9. I forgot my lunch! 😑 By 9:30 or so I headed on up the hill to my tent. I packed it up and headed down the hill.  Backpack, rifle, 5-gal bucket, hot seat, dragging the tent.  I looked like Beverly Hillbillies on foot. Halfway down I dropped the bucket and seat. Dropped the heater off at Dine's tent. Down to the creek found my head lamp 20 feet downstream from the scene of this morning's debacle.  Fished it out of the water and headed to the truck. By now I was wet sweated, ass dragging and half stared I went home for lunch.

    Somehow, Diane talked me into going out for the evening. We went out, you never know when the deer will walk by.  I didn't see a squirrel and Diane spent most of the evening texting/email the Credit Union things that HAD to be done today, and then they called and talked for 20 min.   It was fun.... not. Back to the Moho left overs for dinner.

Saturday 7 December 2024

    Eight straight days of hunting. Diane finally figured it out and stayed in all day. 😏 Not me!! I'm no quitter I was up and out the door by 6:00. I remembered my lunch, crossed the creek carefully and safely and hiked up to my climber stand.  I was up and settled by 7.  What a beautiful day fresh snow, sunny, mostly calm and not all that cold. somewhere around 9:30 I called Diane we talked, told her it was a great morning, and I was going to have half my sandwich. I took a look around, no deer so I got

His sandwich is
in the middle of the
briar bush!

my sandwich out laid it on my seat when I heard a limb crack, I wheeled around .... it was a squirrel. As I turned around, I bumped my seat and watched my sandwich fall and it was stuck in a huge bier bush 25 feet below me. 😒😒Like I said I'm no quitter, but that did it.  Down the tree packed everything up down the hill. Packed up her tent and headed in.  Backpack, rifle, my stand, her tent...sounds familiar doesn't it. Back to the Moho.  Diane didn't even ask if I was going out again.  We started packing and organizing right after lunch. She made a nice homecooked meal (ham, broccoli, zucchini and cheese casserole) it was great.  With wine of course.

Sunday 8 December 2024

    The 2024 rifle season is over for us.  We packed, sorted hunting clothes and things to go back to the cabin and continued getting ready to go to Dillsburg tomorrow. It is warmer today and some of the snow and ice is melting which we are happy about. The road out of the campground is snowpack with some ice on top. The weather forecast isn't good, rain all day tomorrow starting around 8am.  Hope to be packed hooked up and ready to roll before that hits.

    The weather was terrible all week. Record cold, below freezing for 5 days straight. 🥶 Wind warnings for three days, 40 mph with higher gust. I fell cut my nose and lost my head lamp. I missed a buck, Diane missed two.

     CAN'T WAIT FOR NEXT YEAR!😉