Just Another Day in the Woods

I had to get away to the woods yesterday afternoon. THE JOB was just to crazy and I needed to disappear from the world. I left later than I had hoped for. I helped my father-in-law fix the battery in his tractor.

I was in my tree stand by 6:30 pm. I sat there until dark. All I saw was one armadillo. But the world doesn't appear as crazy as it did yesterday. I will see if I can't fix it today.

Only 37 days until the season opens.

The Let Down

Unfortunately, the boys did not see any pigs. They put some time in the blind but the pigs did not show up. They can be a fickle lot. The pigs, not the boys. We had a great visit whether we got any pigs are not.

I checked my trail cam that I have on the mountain. There were three pictures of pigs from the previous week. More important than that were the pictures of the two bucks. I have my camera in a place where I think the bucks have passing through across the Farm. I have watching the bucks in the pictures since they were fawns. They are twins. Just after the last season closed, I got several pictures of them. They were not legal then. But as you can see, they are legal now. At least one is. Something has happened to the one's left antler. Last year he had a very symmetrical rack. But obviously he did something to it this season to stop the growth in that left side. It will be interesting to see if his next rack will continue like this or if it is just a one time thing.

Anticipation

This weekend my son and grandson are coming to stay with me so that we can take the boy pig hunting. We are hoping to get him tuned up for his first deer season. In my opinion, pig hunting is a good way to sharpen your hunting skills. Pigs are tough to get close to under the best of circumstances.

Anyway, in hopes of giving him the best chance possible of getting a pig, I put a blind down by the creek for him and my son to use. I also threw out a little bit of corn to entice them to come once in awhile to get a bite to eat. And just maybe get an arrow through their heart. I plan to throw out a little bit of corn every evening to try and keep them in the area.

I am really looking forward to spending some time with them.