November 22, 2007

  • Happy Thanksgiving!


    The Ninja Buck

    The Ninja Buck has again proven his prowess.  He has successfully evaded me for four days.  Or, his careful use of disguises has led me to believe that I didn't see him.  And since I didn't see him, I wasn't able to test his keen senses and abilities with my .30-06!

    Of course, I'm not allowed by law to try my invisibility secrets in the infamous rifle season.  I partially used them in the bow season, but was discovered by the Ninja Buck.  I wanted to use them to the fullest this week, but the law requires that I wear 400 square inches of blaze orange.  I do wear a vest that contains the required orange in a camo pattern with black.  It makes me not feel quite like a light bulb in the woods.  Everyone has their opinion about it, but personally I dislike having to wear it and I think that the statistics prove that it has not been an effective aid in saving lives taken in hunting accidents.  If it were effective, then the ratio of hunting accidents should have gone down (ratio of number of hunters compared to the number of hunters involved in accidents during that particular season).  Maybe that happened in some state somewhere, but it hasn't happened in all of 'em.

    Hey, you can't shoot me if you can't see me!  But that's just me....

    I saw smaller bucks and does, but not the 6 pointer Ninja Buck.  I did some more exploring and did find his rub line up to and past the place where I sat all day in ambush, only not to see him.  I don't know if he used his disguise skills to watch me watching for him, or if he just didn't pass by me that day.  After one day of sitting, I moved out in stealth mode the next couple of days.  Still, no Ninja Buck.  One little spike walked within 30 yards of my position and never saw me.  Was my prowess good at that time, or did he know that I was looking for his master?  Too many deer too close, but I waited on one that I never saw.

    So the saga will continue next week when I go back over to his territory and search for him yet again.  He wins the battle this time, but we'll see who will come out on top of this test!

    My 87 YO Dad Scores!

    I might mention here that my 87 year old Dad did harvest a button buck (hunter's choice if you have an antlerless permit).  I think it's pretty good that he gets out, hunts, and does what he can outdoors.  Congrats to the ol' man!  And I did come home early so we could process the hunting party's game (just none of them mine).

    The FogWalker goes to rest.... maybe ponder on next week's match up of skills.... maybe not...

DMo224

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