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Tom Kuehne: The Good Old Days
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Most of the deer hunters have completed the 2022 hunt. Now that it is history, it would be a good time to ask yourselves, why? Why do all of those hunters go through a mental and physical change each fall. Their primary subject of conversation is recalling hunting experiences from previous years and in some cases, allowing hair to grow on their face to give the impression of prehistoric hunters. Plans for this years hunt begin formulating as soon as the first weather report mentions frost. The excitement increases as each day gets closer to the season.
The male deer goes into a period of thinking that is referred to as the rut. It almost seems that the mind of the hunter goes into a rut as the season approaches. Is this proof of human and animal coordinated thinking? Maybe we have more left over animal traits than we want to admit.
Lets follow a deer hunter on opening morning. It's close to 7:00 a.m. before one has much daylight, but at 4:30 a.m. the hunter is out of bed and getting together the items that will be needed for the long day in the stand. Since it will involve being outside for an extended period of time a really hearty breakfast is in order. Three eggs, bacon, toast and fried potatoes along with several cups of coffee should help protect the hunter from the cold. It's now 6:00 a.m. and it's time to load the hunter and the needed hunting supplies into the pickup and head for the stand.
It's rather quiet out here by the stand, however there was some rustling in the brush before getting to the stand. Don't know what that was. At a distance there are quite a few shots being fired, but nothing close.
The ladder going up to the stand is covered with frost, so extra care is needed. Quiet is an important factor when entering the world of the ever alert deer. Once on the stand, the items are arranged properly, because one must be prepared for the big buck. The left boot heel bumped the thermos, which resulted in a loud noise along with some human expressions of frustration that should not be repeated. You don't want to crawl back down from the stand to pick up the thermos, so you'll pick it up later. Finally you sit down on the cold stand and begin the hunt. Boy, it's really quiet out here. Cold Too.
You hear a noise over to the left, but it doesn't sound like a deer. As it gets closer you realize that it is a gray squirrel digging around in the leaves trying to either find or hide food items. This activity changes in about 15 minutes when a red squirrel decides that the gray squirrel is messing around in his private domain, which results in more leaf noise and scratching on the branches until the gray squirrel leaves the area. The red squirrel then discovers you sitting on a stand in his private area and he spends the next few minutes giving you verbal warnings of what he would do to you if he was bigger and you were smaller.
A twig cracks directly behind you and to see what it is, you need to look around the tree that is on the back of the stand. Evidently you make too much noise, because when you locate the sound, you see a white tail and rear end disappearing in the swamp grass.
You climb down from the stand and pour a cup of coffee. You hear a branch crack, which makes your breath speed increase and you remember that you left the gun on the stand. The sound turns out to be a neighbor who just stopped by to see how you were doing. The big breakfast was demanding attention, so it's time to go home and get a bite of lunch and an hour's nap.
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