Siesta Sundance
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ken erickson
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I had a fantastic day down on my oak savanna restoration project.
My 88 year old neighbor approached me this summer and asked about the possibility of sitting with me in my deer blind durning the upcoming Wi deer hunt.
This man is a rock and has led a remarkable life, raised on his grandfathers hard scrabble farm from the age of 10, US Navy , tall building construction running a glazier crew, small business owner. Finished up his working career as a full time guard for the foundry at the age of 86.
The fall weather was super nice with that fall crisp air and smells of decaying oak leaves etc.
He sighted in his 12ga H&R slug gun with good results on my range. We are going to have one more shooting session before the season.
I feel fortunate to know this man , hear his life stories and give him , as he says, "possibly one of my last deer hunts".
My 88 year old neighbor approached me this summer and asked about the possibility of sitting with me in my deer blind durning the upcoming Wi deer hunt.
This man is a rock and has led a remarkable life, raised on his grandfathers hard scrabble farm from the age of 10, US Navy , tall building construction running a glazier crew, small business owner. Finished up his working career as a full time guard for the foundry at the age of 86.
The fall weather was super nice with that fall crisp air and smells of decaying oak leaves etc.
He sighted in his 12ga H&R slug gun with good results on my range. We are going to have one more shooting session before the season.
I feel fortunate to know this man , hear his life stories and give him , as he says, "possibly one of my last deer hunts".
Kudos to you Ken for helping him out. The older folks need the support just as much as the youth if not more, in my opinion.
Best wishes for a great hunt!
ken erickson
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B7100 hst, 2650 front mount snowblower, L2501 hst qa loader
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White tail bow season opened here a couple weeks ago. Last week I modified the elevated box blind my father built about 20 years ago to have a removable panel on one side big enough to allow crossbow use and still have a smaller panel within the big panel to allow for just a gun port in gun season.
Tonight was my first night actually hunting. It’s been warm here and trees just starting to turn so it’s just now starting to feel like deer season. That and I used to hunt with my dad, but he passed in 2022. Hunted with my adult son before and after that, but he’s moved a couple hours away. So this is my first year hunting alone.
Have seen some guys like this several times on the cameras.
Would have been nice to see him in person tonight but he wasn’t with the group that walked up on me and I hunt for meat, not trophies. Maybe I should have been more patient but when the six pointer in the group looked directly at me, I poked him in the eye with a mechanical broadhead and took him home to process. (The cheek is exit, not entrance.) In the refrigerator tonight. Will finish processing in the next few days.
Decent rack for a 6 pointer. Not worth the trouble to mount, though. The one in the game cam pic would be worth the time, propane, and bleach to do a European mount.
Need at least one more this year. Son is allegedly coming in for a few days at Thanksgiving. Will see if he can get the second one. If I take another it will either be a large buck or a late season doe just to fill the freezer. I could sit on my front porch and shoot a doe 30 minutes before sunset 9 days out of 10 any day of the year.
Tonight was my first night actually hunting. It’s been warm here and trees just starting to turn so it’s just now starting to feel like deer season. That and I used to hunt with my dad, but he passed in 2022. Hunted with my adult son before and after that, but he’s moved a couple hours away. So this is my first year hunting alone.
Have seen some guys like this several times on the cameras.
Would have been nice to see him in person tonight but he wasn’t with the group that walked up on me and I hunt for meat, not trophies. Maybe I should have been more patient but when the six pointer in the group looked directly at me, I poked him in the eye with a mechanical broadhead and took him home to process. (The cheek is exit, not entrance.) In the refrigerator tonight. Will finish processing in the next few days.
Decent rack for a 6 pointer. Not worth the trouble to mount, though. The one in the game cam pic would be worth the time, propane, and bleach to do a European mount.
Need at least one more this year. Son is allegedly coming in for a few days at Thanksgiving. Will see if he can get the second one. If I take another it will either be a large buck or a late season doe just to fill the freezer. I could sit on my front porch and shoot a doe 30 minutes before sunset 9 days out of 10 any day of the year.