Sunday, November 22, 2009

Bolt Hole Report, November 21, 2009

I've not posted in a couple of days. Mostly because slow walking in the woods and sitting for a few hours each morning and afternoon in the fresh air has taken its toll. The walking has also put some strain on the knee causing sleepus interuptous during the night despite the liberal use of cold packs and ibuprofen.

And I haven't fired a shot. Of course all I've seen is one hunter walking through the back of my property and one buck who teased me briefly in the rear of the apple orchard when I didn't go out early on Friday due to a lingering rain shower. Dang thing must have beamed back up to the mother ship before I got around the corner of the cabin with my rifle.

Speaking briefly to the hunter who came upon me yesterday and he said his club hasn't been doing too well in the buck department either. They are located about 3/4 of a mile to my north in the deep woods. Why he was all the way down my me went undiscussed. Two other clubs a short distance up the trail from me to the east are reported to have taken four or five nice bucks while I was doing rehab on my knee. They regularly go several miles into the deep, deep woods to do their hunting in a "secret" spot. I can't ask them for any details because they've all gone home, probably with doe tags in hand to hunt the southern zone.

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The weather has been warmer than usual in these parts. I caught a mention on one of the Utica TV stations that this is the latest they've gone without a 2" snowfall in, like, forever. The previous latest for a first snowfall was either November 13th or the 18th. (I wasn't paying that much attention, sorry.) They keep track of this stuff because every winter they sponsor a guessing contest in which a viewer guesses the first day there's a 2" snowfall and has a chance to win a snowblower if they get it correct. They're still advertising for entries. It now looks as though the viewers may have to go into December for a chance to win.

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I'll be heading back to the Aerie Monday. I'll have more time to post then.


3 comments:

threecollie said...

Hope that you get one. H-I-C got skunked too. Lot of poachers out taking them here last week, probably tagging them as coming out of the north and the deer are extremely spooked...except the three does that were eating out of my compost bin this morning. Alas he was asleep and by the time he got out there, they too had beamed up to that mother ship. lol

joated said...

Perhaps the H-I-C should have taken his duck call with him.

JDP said...

Getting out and deer hunting with one bum knee beats the heck out of staying at home with two good knees in my book.

JDP