My husband likes to set up his deer stands a couple of months before opening day of rifle season. In the early summer months he puts out mineral blocks and salt blocks. A couple of weeks before the season starts he goes out and sets up scent pads near the stands.
When getting ready at home, he pulls together the things that he will need while in the woods. These are some of the things he chooses to take with him for the hunt. Cheese crackers, Moon Pies, candy bars, beef jerky, two bottles of water, thermos for coffee, binoculars, rattle bag, two grunt calls, bleat call, scent pads, liquid scent, scent away spray and a skinning knife.
He will go to the local Wal-Mart and pick up his deer tags and go to the grocery section to pick up the food items he likes to take with him to eat. He will bring it all home and get his backpack out and start packing up all of the items but the thermos.
The night before opening day, he sets out his camo suit, shirts, socks, gloves, jacket, hat and orange attire. He sets his alarm for 4am and fixes the coffee pot up so all he has to do is turn it on when he gets up. He tries to go to bed at 8pm to 9pm to get enough sleep for the big day. He starts going to bed early a few days in advance so he will be able to sleep at that time.
He crawls into bed and drifts off to sleep, dreaming of killing a 20 point buck. He sleeps soundly, snoring softly.
The alarm goes off and he's up! Going this way and that to get his gear on and turn on the coffee pot. He goes upstairs and wakes up his son and gets him going.
The coffee is made and poured into the thermos and put into the backpack. He kisses me good bye and they load up their guns and backpacks and get into the pickup.
They stop by a local restaurant to eat breakfast and stop and get soda for my son.
The drive is not too long, just about 15 miles. They pull in and it is very dark. They get out their backpacks and take out their guns from the gun cases and load them all up and walk into woods.
My husband is exhilarated by the fresh crispness of the morning air. He loves it! The walk is not too far, just over the hill. He climbs into his stand and gets all his gear organized around him and sets up a cup of coffee to drink. He is in heaven or is heaven where he is? To tell the truth it is probably one in the same to him.
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