"Up at 4:45. Getting healed up. Nothing God, a good wife, a shower, and a big fat Mountain Dew won't fix. Headed up the hill to see if there is still one I haven't spooked or missed." Robby
You guys must not be praying hard enough.....
"Tracked him about a mile, no blood. Lost his track in creek bottom. Two days, two good bucks, two misses. It's never been worse than this for me..." Robby
My husband puts more blood, sweat and tears into deer hunting than most anyone out there. He studies, and refines all that he does to the point where he drives me crazy. He has journals of what he has learned that date back over 20 years. He is an extremely hard worker and very talented and...
Ok, I have been at the gym and while there Robby has sent a flurry of promising texts for me to post. Here is the first.
"Starting my stalk" Robby
That was at 9:07am
"I see them. About 1.25 miles out. Both hard-horned and beautiful. Now just try and bed them. Wish I was closer but likely wouldn't know where they are if I was. They moved about 1/4 mile since last night and that's lots in brushy country. Trying to keep my powder dry." Robby
"rained all night. Up at 4:30. Torn whether to try an ambush from above last night's feed area or move back a mile and try to bed them in the glass. A tip lead me to these bucks and I'm likely not the only one who knows about them. A more aggressive hunter may get lucky in an ambush, but...
"Game on. Got a tip today while scouting around that a few big deer had been seen Saturday in some country I know pretty well. Headed over there and just at dark, in the pouring rain, I spotted two good bucks! Got one on HD cam for about 10 seconds. Both bucks are around 28" and with two...
"Alone in the hills, a man finds music in his head a comfort and a past time. Trivia: Who knows REAL country music? What song/artist sings these lines?: 'Off to my right I see five mounted cowboys, off to my left ride a dozen or more.....'. The winner wins!"