Hey...thanks guys! Appreciate the encouragement. Ok...now we've arrived in Maryville, discussed our plans for tomorrow morning. Ugh! Looks like 4:00 a.m. gett'in up...heading to Mac Donald's for coffee and roll and then driving west about 60 miles to Rockport, MO where we'll hunt in the hilly, tree lined bluffs next to the Missouri River Valley.
We're still expecting some rain tomorrow so that's not good. However, one SIL thinks that would be a good deer hunting thing and the other SIL thinks otherwise. As for me...that'd be an excellent time to head back to hunting camp and down some more coffee. Hey...maybe it'll be sunny so why worry about it. Can't do anything about it so just make the best of this first deer hunting weekend of the season. I've got plenty of rain gear, if needed, but I'm not fond of wading into that area through mud, getting my rifle messed up royally, etc. so like I said before...I'll probably opt for the coffee should the skies open up to rain.
Still...we expect to be in our tree stands at least 1/2 hour before sunup (6:00 a.m.) and a half hour before we can legally hunt deer. And...we've gotta make sure bambi has at least four points on one side that are at least three inches long. So that means using binoculars and making sure of what we see...or else :nod:
If (and that's a big if) we get lucky (we're talking deer this time...not dear's :kinky: ) we're allowed to phone in our harvest code number instead of hauling the carcass to a "check-in" point which will save lots of time for us. But...we'll still need to haul the deer to the location of our butcherer. He's set up in a refrigerated truck trailer about 30 minutes from our hunting site.
So then it's time to reverse our tracks and drive back to Maryville where our wives are huddling placing bets on who will get their deer first, if at all.
And then it's another night with the process repeating itself.
I'll report later on the meal we fix in our campsite. Umm Mmmm Good. There's nothing like campsite food.
Talk to you later guys.
Ox :cheer: