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The road trip down was pleasant and I couldn’t wait to get there. It took about 7 hours. When I got there I unloaded the 4 wheeler and followed a couple of the girls around the property, up and down hills, to check out where the stands were and food plots. Most of the stands were lock-ons with a couple of ladder stands. None that I wanted to climb, so I found a place for my pop-up. We all went out to dinner and when we came back, one of the girls helped me set up my blind in the dark.
The next morning 4 of us headed out in the dark on 2 4-wheelers. The initial hill to the property would have been a hands-and-knees climb if we didn’t have the ORV’s. Straight up.
We left the machines at the top of the hill and proceeded to walk in. Everyone peeled off to their stands and I kept walking to mine. ½ mile of hills later, I collapsed into my hunting chair, thankful I didn’t have the ‘Big One’ even tho 2 of the girls were nurses. Ah, to be 35 again. Did I mention it snowed heavily on us and we were covered with snow by the time we got to our stands? No problem, I was sweating and not about to cool off any time soon. A couple hours later I started feeling the cold a little and tried out my Warmbag. Yup, it works, I like it and promptly took a short nap. No, I didn’t miss any deer. I checked for tracks.
The second and third day I hunted all day. I moved my blind 3 times over the weekend. There are a lot of deer there.
To make a long story shorter, I didn’t connect but 2 of the other girls did with a doe, button buck and an 8 point. They certainly deserved it. The last day was a blizzard and we all hunted in it with our clothes frozen. Their bows were even freezing up but not one complaint or whine from these hunters. They were always cheerful and fun to be with. Icy blind and ORV.
Late season hazards!!
The trip home was a white-knuckle adventure with icy roads all the way.
I would definitely want to do this again sometime.
