WELL....I GUESS YOU CAN CALL IT THIS..........CRAWLING IN AN OPEN FIELD IS A BIT TUFF................FLURRIES SIDEWAYS AND WET WET GROUND....
THE SCENARIO:
IT WAS HIGH NOON AND SALTWATERBUCKS AND I WENT TO CHECK OUT SOME OF BUCKEYES "SKYSTANDS" ..........WE DID CARRY OUR BOWS BUT I LEFT THE CAMERA AT CAMP THINKING THERE WAS NO NEED
WELL WE HAVE GONE A MERE 150 YARDS FROM BASE CAMP WHEN WE WALKED UP ON OLD QUAD -BY-DUECE HIMSELF......BIG MASSIVE LEFT BEAM
I HAD TOLD MARK I WOULD TAKE THIS UNUSUAL BUCK IF THE OPPORTUNITY AROSE
IF ONLY I HAD THE VIDEO CAMERA WHEN WE FIRST LEFT THE PORCH!!! WE WERE AT 50 YARDS FROM HIM WHEN WE FIRST SEEN HOM AND IT WAS SNOWING THICK & SIDEWAYS!!! SO THICK I COULD USE IT AS A SHIELD
SO I TOOK THE FIVE MNUTES TO GO GET THE SONY AT CAMP
WHEN I GOT BACK IT WAS A 72 YARD EVENT....WATCH AS WE SHOW IT THE WAY IT HAPPENED....WE ATTEMPT TO DO THIS OVER THE SHOULDER TYPE FOOTAGE AND SHOT
WELL.......THINGS DON'T WORK OUT LIKE WE WANT
THIS IS TRUE TESTIMENT AS TO WHAT IT TAKES TO GET THE "GREAT FOOTAGE" ......IT IS HARD TO DO THIS!!! OPEN FIELD STALK ON FILM.....CRAWLING....HEAVY BREATHING...CAMERA FOCUSING WHILE THE SLOB IS WATCHING!!! .....COMMUNICATION......IT ALL COMES INTO PLAY OR IN THIS CASE.... NOT QUITE
IN THE END....I BREAK AND RUN (SORT OF) TO CLOSE THE DISTANCE GAP HOPING HE WILL TURN LEFT TO A PATH ....INSIDE A 40 YD SHOT WHICH I DID NOT GET
YOU MUST CRANK THIS ONE UP CAUSE WE ARE WHISPERING....I RAISED THE MAKE MOVIE VOLUME TO BRING YOU THE LITTLE SOUNDS
www.wahoonbox.com/videos/ODDSHOT7.wmv



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