By: Bud Alexis<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On one of my scouting trips, I had stopped to fix something on my six wheeler ATV.\u00a0 In the process of my repairs, I looked up and a beautiful eleven point came within twenty five yards of me as I stayed motionless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was already hunting season, but my rifle was on the seat\nand there was no chance of getting it without spooking the deer. I just watched, drooling and wishing, but\nsoon the buck vanished into the woods. \nI decided to hunt there the next day. \nI scouted around this area and saw a tree that had broken over about 15\nfeet from the ground. I thought that\nwould be a good place to get since I didn\u2019t want to take a chance making a lot\nof noise putting up a new stand. I smell\nadventure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The next day I decided to boat in, since it was about a mile\nor so off the main highway. There was a\nbig canal that ran into the area that I would hunt. It was in the afternoon when I was able to go\nto this area. Arriving in the area, I parked\nthe boat and made my way to the tree. It\ndidn\u2019t look so bad so I started my ascent. \nAs I was about to put my hand on the main upright trunk, the part that\nhad broken, which I was standing on, decided to fall to the ground. Needless to say, I followed it down landing\non my ribcage as I straddled the log. I\ndon\u2019t know how long I lay there before I came to, but by then it had gotten\ndark. I knew that no one knew where I\nwas, and I could hardly move for the pain. \nI lay there a while longer trying to get enough strength to get back to\nthe boat. The mosquitoes were terrible,\nbut that was the least of my worries. I\nfinally struggled to my feet and began making my way to the boat, using my\nrifle for a crutch. I managed to get to\nthe boat and made my way to back to my truck. \nI didn\u2019t break any ribs, but they were very bruised. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I did learn that you should always tell someone where you\nwill be, and don\u2019t do stupid things. At\nleast I learned the first part. \n\n\n\nSomeone else got that deer a week later.\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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