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Well, I've hunted allmy life practically. However I've added a little twist to it and took the leap this deer season. I have started to back pack in and hunt out of a base camp back in the woods. I just wanted to add a bit to the hunt and get back off the beaten path a bit to basically get away from hunting pressure. So the sunday before thanksgiving I put alot of planning into motion. I went up to the Pisgah National forest out side of Morganton NC. It started out a bit rough however. Friday I started feeling a bit puny and by Sunday I felt downright crappy. However I sucked it up and headed out to the mountains. When I got there the road I was going to go up and park and spent all my time scouting was closed. I would have been a 5 mile hike just to get to the parking spot and then another 2-2.5 miles to my camp spot I picked out. I was NOT happy. However I had picked a few other spots as a backup just incase. Although I hadn't actually been to them it was more of a pick this spot that looks good terrain wise on a topo map. Well after everything was said and done it worked out pretty well. I parked and found a spot to set up camp about half a mile from the truck. It was goregous! Not to mention the way I was feeling I wasn't really relishing the idea of a 2-2.5 mile hike with a 60 pound pack. So I set up camp and headed out to scout around a bit and found my morning spot. Headed back and made supper then crashed for a cold night.
My view out the front of my tent.
Day 1. I got up at 0530 and man was it tough to get out of a warm sleeping bag. It was right at 20 degrees. I slept pretty decent. I wasn't ever really cold except for my feet a couple of time. Which I corrected the next 2 nights . However I would sleep for an hour or s and wake up because my pad left a bit to be desired. I'll spend some money for a better pad next time. Anyway I headed out in the dark and had to cross the creek. That required a strip down to bare feet and cross. Man is that water cold at 530 in the morning! It did make sure I was awake though. I got to my spot and sat until about 1045 or so. That's about all I can stand and then I need to move. I walked easyuntil about 2 and found a nice place to eat lunch.
Looking downstream at my lunch spot.
Then I eased back to camp to handle some camp chores. Collect fire wood and such to make sure I didn't need to do it in the dark when I got back. Then went back out and hunted till dark. No deer but alot of really pretty country.
Day 2 was about the same routine but with a better night sleep and feeling on the upswing.
Day 3 I decided to head in a different direction. I didn't want to cross that cooooollld creek again. I hunted standing and moving slow until about 2. In that time I found alot of more pretty woods and saw 4 turkeys. That pretty much stopped my deer hunt because I instantl went into spring gobbler planning mode in my head andstarted more exploring and planning for spring. Sometimes ADHD sucks.
Anyway that was just a quick run down of my new thing. I'm already planning to go back up there in the spring. I'll take my turkey gun and a fly rod. Hunt birds in the morning, trout fish in the afternoon then hunt birds again till dark. Now I need to start practicing with my fly rod.
My view out the front of my tent.
Day 1. I got up at 0530 and man was it tough to get out of a warm sleeping bag. It was right at 20 degrees. I slept pretty decent. I wasn't ever really cold except for my feet a couple of time. Which I corrected the next 2 nights . However I would sleep for an hour or s and wake up because my pad left a bit to be desired. I'll spend some money for a better pad next time. Anyway I headed out in the dark and had to cross the creek. That required a strip down to bare feet and cross. Man is that water cold at 530 in the morning! It did make sure I was awake though. I got to my spot and sat until about 1045 or so. That's about all I can stand and then I need to move. I walked easyuntil about 2 and found a nice place to eat lunch.
Looking downstream at my lunch spot.
Then I eased back to camp to handle some camp chores. Collect fire wood and such to make sure I didn't need to do it in the dark when I got back. Then went back out and hunted till dark. No deer but alot of really pretty country.
Day 2 was about the same routine but with a better night sleep and feeling on the upswing.
Day 3 I decided to head in a different direction. I didn't want to cross that cooooollld creek again. I hunted standing and moving slow until about 2. In that time I found alot of more pretty woods and saw 4 turkeys. That pretty much stopped my deer hunt because I instantl went into spring gobbler planning mode in my head andstarted more exploring and planning for spring. Sometimes ADHD sucks.
Anyway that was just a quick run down of my new thing. I'm already planning to go back up there in the spring. I'll take my turkey gun and a fly rod. Hunt birds in the morning, trout fish in the afternoon then hunt birds again till dark. Now I need to start practicing with my fly rod.
