Morning before heading out
I was pretty excited this morning to get three comments on my last post. Opening them up, however, showed that blogs are yet another receptacle for spam. I like how these people put "I like your blog" or "good work on your blog, I'm bookmarking it" in their spam to make it seem like they read it. Fantastic. So I learned how to delete comments this morning.
You know, I thought I had more I'd want to say this morning. But after sitting here for a bit staring at my fingers, I can't really come up with anything that is new. Just me going over my plans in my head, trying to imagine where I'll be tonight and the following days, and what it will be like. I had a dream about elk hunting last night, the first in a while. It's strange, you'd think I'd dream about it more, but no. So, in the dream I saw a FANTASTIC bull in what looked like a logged opening with a lot of slash and whatnot still laying around. I moved down the hill through sparse cover too quickly and saw him rounding up his cows. Nothing I could do would stop him, I tried bugling, cow calling, whistling. Nothing doing. He moved out...and it was all because I blundered in there too fast after hearing him bugle. I was thinking about that last night, how it usually takes me a couple times out at the beginning of the season to get my pace right. I usually start off in darn near a sprint and towards the end of the season, I've cut it down to a really slow walk. A little bit of internal tortoise and hare thing going on...and like always, it's the tortoise who kills the deer. Isn't that how the story goes? Hmmm.
My Dad has gotten me pretty worried about yellow jackets. He's seen a lot of them while walking in the woods lately and you know how bees get when there is food to be had. So here I am thinking about how fast I'd be able to cut up an elk. Not a good thing to rush, so I figure I'll just have to deal with them. Long sleeve shirt, trousers, pepper, bug spray...and just try not to get stung. You know yellowjackets release a pheromone when they sting you that "calls" other bees to that area. Then they attack you. So, something to potentially look forward to. Now, if I can just avoid slapping my arm with a knife in my hands...hehe. That one was for you Mom. ;)
There you have it. Just got the cellphone and have decided to leave at 1200. I will return home and shower, get my stuff, double-check that the cat has everything she needs for a couple days, get all the water...and head out. Now, I want everyone to cross their fingers that there is no one already up there when I go because that would just burst my bubble. Biggest fear right now is that.
Oh yeah, so the other night it was 12 degrees in a town close to where I am going. Great, hopefully it's warmer on the hill. Last night was pretty warm in my valley, so it's all across the board and there's really no sense worrying about it. I also learned a neat idea to test wind direction...use your lighter! Something I think you should always have with you anyways...never know when you'll need a fire and/or a signal. It makes perfect sense though, what's lighter than flame? Of course, that could cause problems if the wind is swirly, but if it's swirly, then what are you doing hunting anyways? Trying to make more wary critters?
You know, I thought I had more I'd want to say this morning. But after sitting here for a bit staring at my fingers, I can't really come up with anything that is new. Just me going over my plans in my head, trying to imagine where I'll be tonight and the following days, and what it will be like. I had a dream about elk hunting last night, the first in a while. It's strange, you'd think I'd dream about it more, but no. So, in the dream I saw a FANTASTIC bull in what looked like a logged opening with a lot of slash and whatnot still laying around. I moved down the hill through sparse cover too quickly and saw him rounding up his cows. Nothing I could do would stop him, I tried bugling, cow calling, whistling. Nothing doing. He moved out...and it was all because I blundered in there too fast after hearing him bugle. I was thinking about that last night, how it usually takes me a couple times out at the beginning of the season to get my pace right. I usually start off in darn near a sprint and towards the end of the season, I've cut it down to a really slow walk. A little bit of internal tortoise and hare thing going on...and like always, it's the tortoise who kills the deer. Isn't that how the story goes? Hmmm.
My Dad has gotten me pretty worried about yellow jackets. He's seen a lot of them while walking in the woods lately and you know how bees get when there is food to be had. So here I am thinking about how fast I'd be able to cut up an elk. Not a good thing to rush, so I figure I'll just have to deal with them. Long sleeve shirt, trousers, pepper, bug spray...and just try not to get stung. You know yellowjackets release a pheromone when they sting you that "calls" other bees to that area. Then they attack you. So, something to potentially look forward to. Now, if I can just avoid slapping my arm with a knife in my hands...hehe. That one was for you Mom. ;)
There you have it. Just got the cellphone and have decided to leave at 1200. I will return home and shower, get my stuff, double-check that the cat has everything she needs for a couple days, get all the water...and head out. Now, I want everyone to cross their fingers that there is no one already up there when I go because that would just burst my bubble. Biggest fear right now is that.
Oh yeah, so the other night it was 12 degrees in a town close to where I am going. Great, hopefully it's warmer on the hill. Last night was pretty warm in my valley, so it's all across the board and there's really no sense worrying about it. I also learned a neat idea to test wind direction...use your lighter! Something I think you should always have with you anyways...never know when you'll need a fire and/or a signal. It makes perfect sense though, what's lighter than flame? Of course, that could cause problems if the wind is swirly, but if it's swirly, then what are you doing hunting anyways? Trying to make more wary critters?
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