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Monday Morning Hunt
The morning started out slow. A few does and a small buck chasing
them around. I opted to stay in a little later than usual this morning since
my hunt was over tomorrow.
I was having fun taking photographs, like the one of the Cardinal
above. Three does came into the field and I started snapping digital photos
of them. As the lead doe trotted off the field I panned the camera and hit the
photo button. My Sony camera will go black for a second or so and then display
the digital photo on the screen. As the photo displayed I nearly fell off my
chair, a decent buck was in the picture heading for that doe. I whipped my head
up - away from the LCD monitor on the camera, and saw nothing. I never actually
saw that buck - it had only appeared on the camera. We nicknamed him "Ghost
Buck." That was the last deer I saw that morning.
Monday Afternoon Hunt
During the mid-day the wind shifted to the North and was blowing
pretty hard. The field where I sat during the morning hunt was not good for
a North wind, but the stand I hunted last night was Ok, so long as the deer
came from the same direction they came on Saturday evening. I buried myself
into the Mesquite tree and waited for some action. At 5:00 PM a deer headed
in and began to feed. Two more deer joined them. But as they settled in and
more deer began to appear to my right, a deer started blowing from behind me
- you guessed it, the South. All the does blew out of the area and my hunt was
over. I had one morning left, I had to leave on Tuesday afternoon.
White Antler Ranch
This hunt reminded me of Africa in a lot of ways. The accommodations
were excellent. The lodge was clean and comfortable with a satellite TV,
internet hook up, fireplace and a hot tub.
The food was outstanding. Teri Butterwick was an awesome
cook and prepared a fabulous meal every evening. I was certainly not going
to lose any weight on this trip.
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