Saturday I had the pleasure of taking a friend hunting with me. He has had some introduction to hunting as a teenager, but never really pursued it as an adult. We were sitting on the edge of a swamp. He was backed up right against the swamp thickets and I was a few yards in front of him. After an hour and a half of sitting a buck materialized right next to us. However, instead of walking along the game trail before me, he was walking by just inside the thicket-swamp. This brought him within 10 yards of my buddy, for an up close and personal look at a young 4 pointer. Unable to swing around for a shot, even if there was an opportunity, which there was not, we just walked him walk by. It was really thrilling to see something with a guy that doesn’t usually hunt. Hopefully this will light a fire. He commented later, “I didn’t realize bowhunting was so difficult.” Also, interesting to note: this deer was walking with the wind, instead of against or across it.

Preston