I HAVE DIED & GONE TO HEAVEN

[WAHOONBOX]

THE BREEZE WAS IN MY FACE AT ABOUT 8 KNOTS NE....I WAS LATE LEAVING FOR MY LEASE TODAY BUT SO WHAT....I WAS GOING TO BE THERE FOR A FULL WEEK OF FLINGING UNLESS SHURDZ HAS HER LIL GIRL.....SO.... WHAT IF I'M LATE FOR THE EVENING HUNT...NO BIG DEAL.

5:39 PM...I WAS IN CAMO KNEE LENGTH SHORTS AND HIGH TOP RUBBER BOOTS

I HAD WALKED DOWN A FARM ROAD ONLY 40 YDS WHEN A COUPLE DOES CROSSED IN FRONT OF ME...I ALREADY HAD MY SONY MOUNTED ON A LARGE TRIPOD HOPING FOR AN OVER -THE-SHOULDER DO-IT-YOURSELFER ON THE GROUND BOW SHOT ON VIDEO.

THE TRAIL WAS LIKE WALKING ON A BED OF DOMINOE SUGAR DOTTED WITH FOUR LEGGED FINGERPRINTS....DEER OF ALL SIZES...COON TRACKS...EVEN A BOBCAT HAS CRUISED DOWN THE PATH.....A SPOTTED BUTTON JUST DARTED ACROSS....18 LBS TOPS!

MY LAST HOUR DESTINATION WAS THE FAR BACK BEAN FIELD ALONG THE TAR RIVER...I NEEDED TO WALK OVER A FLOODED SWAMP DAM TRAIL DIVIDING TWO PONDS TO GET THERE....IT WAS EASY WALKING WITH HIGH GRASS LINING THE OLYMPIC SIZE BEAVER POOL....TH EMOSQUITOS WERE WORLD CLASS TONIGHT...I WAS ALREADY A QUART LOW ON PLASMA.... ..NOW 1/3 ACROSS THE POND TRAIL WHEN A FLASH OF SOLAR GOLD HIGHLITED WHITE TIP CAUGHT MY EYE AT 60 YARDS.....I KNEW INSTANTLY WHAT IT WAS.

SHIT SHIT DOUBLE SHIT!....DA BAD BOY HIMSELF WAS BEDDED IN DA WAIST HIGH GRASS WITH HIS RACK TWISTING AROUND LIKE A RADAR AT SEYMOUR JOHNSON AIR FIELD.

SWEET MUTHA OF....I GOT 60 YARDS OF WAIST DEEP BLACK WATER BETWEEN ME AND SLEEPING FREAK NASTY WITH NOTHING BUT CRISS-CROSSED DEAD FALL IN IT FOR FOOTING AND MY FIVE YEAR QUEST FOR A 130 CLASS IS ALL MINE

NOW WHAT?

O MY GOD..........I SEE MORE BONE... ANOTHER SET OF BONES ARE RADARING JUST OFF TO THE STARBOARD OF SLEEP-NASTY......15 YARDS SEPERATE THE TWO.....I GENTLY SET UP A FULL CAMERA TRIPOD....MANUALLY HIT MENU ON THE SONY AND SWITCHED ON 80X DIGITAL HI-DEF ZOOM......NO WAY WILL A SHOT MATERIALIZE HERE SO WHY NOT GO FOR THE CINEMA GOLD

I OPENED THE SIDE WINDOW VIEW FINDER AND WATCHED IN AWE AS THE BUCK LAID HIS HEAD DOWN TO SLEEP...IT WAS 6PM....TWO BUCKS...ONE A 6 AND THE OTHER A LONG TINED 8...SNORING THERE BUTTS OFF.....WAIT!

I SEE ANOTHER SET OF BONES IN THE WILLOWS JUST BEYOND THE DUO....3 BUCKSCHILLIN OUT...NOT A CARE IN DA WORLD....THREE SHOOTERS BY CAROINA STANDARDS

WELL LADIES AND GENTLEMEN....I NEVER DREW ONE TIME THIS EVENING.....BUT I DO HAVE THE COOLEST ONE HOUR OF FOOTAGE...ZOOMED IN ..TIGHT AND IN YA FACE FREAK NASTY STUFF.......

THE 125 CLASS 8 STROLLS RIGHT OVER TO THE BEDDED SIX....AND LICKS THE SIXES ANTLERS....I SWEAR IT HAPPENED....AND I HAVE FOOTAGE TO PROVE IT THEN HE PROCEEDS TO WHITE'N A SMALL TREE...THRASHING VIOLENTLY UP AND DOWN!....WHAT A CHANGE IN MOOD SWING! FROM LICKIN TO RUBBIN...

ONLY PROBLEM IS...I CAN'T UPLOAD BOX KINGDOM UNTIL I CAN DOWNLOAD IT ON MY HOME COMPUTER NEXT WEEK .....

PITCHBAIT ARRIVES IN CAMP TOMORROW....BOY IS HE GONNA CRAP WHEN HE SEES DA FOOTAGE

HOPE I CAN SOMEHOW MANAGE TO GO TO SLEEP....

[gottaflylee]

Bounds like pure WOOD!!! Great read, Lookiing forward to the video...

[Dave Sikorski]

There's nothing finer than sneaking up on a buck and watching him in his own world. Never a care in the world, but always on high alert.

Good luck this week. I'll be looking forward to the footage.

-D

[HOLWACHAGOT]

That one dang sure got me all fired up! Have a great week up there box. I'll also be looking forward to the video.
Holwachagot

[merry marlin]

Very Nice! Can't wait to see some footage.... After reading this the boys sure will be up in a tree this evening!
MM

[pitch bait]

Hour and thirty minutes till we depart. I went ahead and called every county from Cape May to Tarboro and told them that they can send the extra speed enforcers home, cause Im not driving. Im riding shotgun. Sorry to disappoint you another month below budget your not getting my speeding money.

[FXRScotty]

Geez yer givin me goose bumps here! It's amasing how much these guys change when the girls get hot. Won't be no batchler antler lickin then I bet! nice report i have a few more weeks before the opener keep em coming. Scotty.

[BTH284]

Cannot wait to see this

[Bird Dog]

I gotta wait a whole week for this? Come on dude, you're killin me...

[WAHOONBOX]

STAYED UP HALF THE NIGHT WITH EYES WIDE OPEN STUDYING THE FILM FROM THE PREVIOUS EVENING....SEEMS THE SIX BECAME A SWEET TALL SEVEN..... AND THE EIGHT HAS 5 INCH BROWTINES AND 10-11 INCH MATCHING G-2'S....PERFECT 8 HAS SOME GOOD CAROLINA MASS.

I LET THE FILM ROLL LAST EVENING CONTINUOUS AND STEPPED BEHIND A THICK BUSH AND CALLED MY BROTHERPITCHBAIT & BTH WITH A REPORT,...WHILE I WAS WHISPERING ON THE PHONE...SEEMS MR. 7 & MR 8 DID SOME SPARING WHILE I WAS CHATTING....I NEVER SEEN IT LIVE BUT WAS COOL TO SEE IT ON FILM.

SO AFTER 4 HRS OF RECLINER DEAD SLEEP, MY PHONE ALARM WENT OFF LIKE A A-10 WARTHOG ON A GOAT HILL AND I WAS BACK AT IT....I DID NOT WANT TO DISTURB THE BIG BOYS SO I HIKED IN TO WHERE BOBBY HUNTED LAST YEAR...1/2 MILE TREK ....IT WAS EARLY GREYLIGHT AS I CLIMBED INTO THE 20 FT LADDER STAND.....I WAS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF AN ACORN RIDGE AND THEY WERE DROPPING LIKE FLIES..., TREEHOPPING BLACKBIRDS WERE THICK AND HITTING THEM HARD FROM ABOVE.....

2 MINUTES INTO THE HUNT AND THERE SHE IS....WALKING BRISKLY AND CLOSING AT 30 YARDS.....50 STEPS BACK WERE 3 MORE......NO BONE.

THEY PASSED ME FROM THE STERN AND WENT INTO DEEP UNDERBRUSH.....5 MINUTES LATER ...A HIGH BUT FUNKY SIX...VERY UGLY RACK WAS BEHIND ME MASHING ACORNS SHOWING NO CAUTION.....STILL IN 3/4 VELVET..........LAST NIGHTS DEER WERE POLISHED.

HE DISAPPEARED IN A FEW MINUTES....THEN A POLISHED COW HORN AMBLED IN........AND THEN YET A SECOND COW HORN IN FULL VELVET ALSO "APPEARED" AT 35 STEPS..............BOY PITCHBAIT IS GOING TO LOVE THIS HUNT....WINDY AND COOL...ACORNS DOTTING THE LANDSCAPE...PLENTY OF MOVEMENT......

THE TWO JUVENILLES SLOWLY WORKED OUT OF SIGHT DOWN THE SAME PATH I WALKED IN ON.....

8:05 AM

NOW WHERE DID HE COME FROM?.....A VERY HEAVY LOW FOUR WAS BROADSIDING ME AT 35 YARDS.....CAMERA HAS BEEN ROLLING ALL MORNING...........HE LOOKS LOST...EVERY DEER ACTS LIKE THEY HAVE BEEN DRUGGED!...THEY APPEAR LETHARGIC..........COULD IT BE THE MASSIVE WILD GRAPE FORAGE I AM SEEING? ARE THEY ENJOYING TOO MUCH BOONES FARM AND GETTING HIGH?

8:09 AM

WELL BLOW ME DOWN ANOTHER COW HORN JUST WALKED INTO VIEW WITH THE FOUR...CAMERA IS ROLLING......BOX KINGDOM....MUTUAL OF TARBOROS BOX KINGDOM ...........IT IS HAPPENING THIS MORNING PEOPLE....

10:48 AM

I NEED A COLD SUNDROP..........