True entertainment...
My reason for going to "the woods" today was to hopefully be in the right spot when that real "monster buck" that I'd seen a couple days ago heads for a field to feed. Of course, that didn't happen. He didn't get that old or big by being predictable.
As happens most days when I'm out there bow hunting, I watched the grass grow. The leaves fell, trees rocked in the wind, and the water in the river flowed. And in the middle of all that, God presented me with some of the best entertainment I've ever seen. Better than any movie, TV show, or concert that I've ever been to.
I was sitting in a chair on the ground, hidden somewhat by fallen trees. It was cloudy and windy, with drizzle coming down. I was expecting any deer that might come by to come from the north. So that's the direction I was concentrating on.
At about 5pm, I glanced back over my shoulder to the south. Not because I'd heard something, but because I figured that I should do that every once in a while, just in case. Sure as heck, I saw the back end of a deer disappear behind some trees.
The deer turned out to be a doe. She wasn't huge, but she was big enough to be a "shooter". She hadn't seen me yet so I slowly turned around and got my bow ready to shoot. She then came out from behind the trees and began walking straight toward me. She was ten yards away when she finally noticed that I was there. She froze. Then she started bobbing her head up and down trying to figure out what I was.
Over the next ten to fifteen minutes she kept trying to figure me out. She'd walk to the east a few feet, pause, turn back to the west, then to the east again. Her nose was working overtime checking the wind for scent. She'd bobb her head a few more times, and then turn around again. Until finally moving off out of sight, heading south.
I ended up drawing back my bow two different times during our encounter. But in the end I never released the arrow. Just watching her was enough for today. And with luck, I'll be able to watch her again on another day.
The "reset button" had been pushed.
As happens most days when I'm out there bow hunting, I watched the grass grow. The leaves fell, trees rocked in the wind, and the water in the river flowed. And in the middle of all that, God presented me with some of the best entertainment I've ever seen. Better than any movie, TV show, or concert that I've ever been to.
I was sitting in a chair on the ground, hidden somewhat by fallen trees. It was cloudy and windy, with drizzle coming down. I was expecting any deer that might come by to come from the north. So that's the direction I was concentrating on.
At about 5pm, I glanced back over my shoulder to the south. Not because I'd heard something, but because I figured that I should do that every once in a while, just in case. Sure as heck, I saw the back end of a deer disappear behind some trees.
The deer turned out to be a doe. She wasn't huge, but she was big enough to be a "shooter". She hadn't seen me yet so I slowly turned around and got my bow ready to shoot. She then came out from behind the trees and began walking straight toward me. She was ten yards away when she finally noticed that I was there. She froze. Then she started bobbing her head up and down trying to figure out what I was.
Over the next ten to fifteen minutes she kept trying to figure me out. She'd walk to the east a few feet, pause, turn back to the west, then to the east again. Her nose was working overtime checking the wind for scent. She'd bobb her head a few more times, and then turn around again. Until finally moving off out of sight, heading south.
I ended up drawing back my bow two different times during our encounter. But in the end I never released the arrow. Just watching her was enough for today. And with luck, I'll be able to watch her again on another day.
The "reset button" had been pushed.
posted by Al at 1:00 AM
1 Comments:
ohhh the doe story.....you made it come alive for me, Al, and thats good writing. I'm goin' back for more readinf! Annie B.
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