#3037275 - 11/17/12 05:59 AM
First Guided Hunt
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Nimrod777
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Registered: 09/28/03
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Loc: Spring Hill, TN
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I feel like I've been cursed this year. It's been hard enough to get into the woods, but even then, errors and misfortune plague me. So far I have arrowhead one deer but failed to penetrate the shoulder. I clean missed a solid 6-pter on ML opener. Finally two days ago I pulled a shot on a little buck that could not be found.
So this morning I have pulled out all the stops and have contracted a professional guide. He is much younger than me, but already has 5 kills to his name this season. He admittedly is only out this morning for either a Booner or, as he says, for the benefit of The Client.
He has taken me so deep into the woods and on such a convoluted trail that I suspect he has no regard for my health. I am starting to regret showing him where I stashed my truck keys, but take some consolation in knowing that should be avail himself of my vehicle for even an hour, he will not be 100 feet from where I parked, for it is a stick.
If he does have my demise in mind, he will be rudely awakened. I have pistachios, two Diet Dews, and am ready to disappear into the woods for long periods of time, as I have done before. Experience assures me that eventually the Rescue Squad will find me and lead me out!
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#3037277 - 11/17/12 06:03 AM
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richmanbarbeque
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Registered: 07/17/03
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Loc: Middle, Tn
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You must be hunting with catmandew. Hope you guys have a blast... Or two. God luck.
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#3037321 - 11/17/12 07:06 AM
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biglefty20
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Loc: Spring Hill/Giles County
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Good luck guys
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#3037365 - 11/17/12 07:51 AM
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bowhunter163
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Loc: knoxville,tn
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Good luck !
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#3037407 - 11/17/12 08:38 AM
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Nimrod777
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Loc: Spring Hill, TN
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My guide has been sending me undated photos of deer ostensibly moving through his stand area. I have come to doubt the veracity of these, particularly the one where the deer seems to be... propped up? And there is a Waffle House in the background.
The times here at my stand are hard like the frozen ground beneath me. Fortunately a root has pinched off blood supply, and my legs are no longer cold. The squirrel seems content chewing on my boot, however, I do not recall putting on red socks. Expect a later report as I am able.
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#3037498 - 11/17/12 10:31 AM
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Nimrod777
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My guide has obviously conspired with the Area Manager and has killed a deer. Again. At the approximate 4 miles from our vehicles, it is now clear why he has brought me here.
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#3037521 - 11/17/12 10:52 AM
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Gravey
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Sounds like you're about to be a pack mule. Have fun!
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#3037523 - 11/17/12 10:55 AM
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JA1234
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Registered: 01/13/06
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Very entertaining thread 
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#3037565 - 11/17/12 11:39 AM
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SES
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Registered: 10/13/11
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Loc: Corryton, Tn
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Experience assures me that eventually the Rescue Squad will find me and lead me out!
Edited by SES (11/17/12 11:40 AM)
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