almost time

[tomc]

today i went out on my bosses privite land nice chunk 330 acres,i was still hunting today to see what was going on there,i got to one of my favorit spots,a large rock,overlookinh the little river.it has grown in alot this year,not many shooting lanes now,i was there 10 mins deciding where to go next since it was so bad there and i saw a tail across the river.watching it as i can into veiw a nice buck,this could be the wall hanger i was thinking,he was rooting around and started to walk in the apposit way i was in.so i grunted,,he turned around and made a few steps toward me,then stopped and headed back,so i grunted again,he did the same thing it looked like something was distracting him from comming down to me.i didn't want to cross the river since it was up from the rain last nite, this was worth it.the crossing is usually ankle deep there now it was almost up to my knees.as i got to the other side the road is lower than where the buck was,with a patch ot thick brush on the edges,with the wind in my face was a good thing,i was able to get close to him to see him very well,but no good shot,he was an very big 8 pionter,had to push 200lbs.his rack was thick,spread ou passed his ears around 3 inches.a deffinate wall hanger,just then the wind shifted toward him.and he trotted around the hill.this hill he went aroud the roadway met up where the buck went,so off i go,as quik and quiet as i can.i get to the other end of the hill,looking for him,with the wind in my face again.i spot a doe looking at me,she was a little nervous for a while but i never moved.whatching her.still looking for himthe doe went over a stone wall.lost sight of her.waited for a few min.and decieded to move up the roadway a little more to get a better look over the stnewall.well the does moved up farther than i thought..just as i spotted them the buck came out of the pine grove to my left,my only shot at him he crossed in a flash.he met up with the does a off they went.so poed with myself for getting offgard i headed back to the truck and down to baltic for some salmon fishing,no good there river was very high,again from the rain,nobody was having any luck unless you like catching leaves,glad it is olny the second day,hopefully i run into him again.as my taxidermast said this morning to me,"he is supposed to be on my wall,just dosent know it yet"
thanks dave for fixing my post,it was the first time getting pics to come up,i didn't want to screw it up
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