Kinda Dead around here lately

[celltech]

I was at the range working on loads yesterday...tons of guys there trying to sight in their safe queen deer guns. Looking at the targets my odds are on the deer.

[prdatr]

I was at the range working on loads yesterday...tons of guys there trying to sight in their safe queen deer guns. Looking at the targets my odds are on the deer.

Our local ranges have "sight in" days and bring on a few extra range officers to help out. I didn't put in for a fall tag this year as I didn't know what kind of shape it would be in after stepping on a some loose rocks in February on a Javelina hunt. I was on an old two track and my foot slid off to the side and I fell down. When I looked over my right foot the bottom of it was facing sideways. Of course lucky me I was almost 1/2 a mile from camp hunting alone. It wasn't very painful and I knew I was going to have to walkout so I grabbed my ankle and bent my foot back into place so I could at least stand on it. I had cell service and managed to make a call to my ex who got ahold of my son and they drove the 120 miles up to where I was.
She broke my camp down and he brought me some crutches so I could hobble the rest of the way out to where he was parked. I did manage to go about 100 yards on my own using my tripod as a cane before he showed up and I got the lecture about being too old to be hunting alone.
I mailed my Absentee Ballot in a couple of weeks ago as usual. I have been doing that for about 10 years. Sure beats standing in line or trying to figure out when to go every year. Our early rifle deer hunts started a couple of weeks ago and depending on the Hunt Unit area and number will go through the rest of the year. Usually start off with Junior Hunts, then a week off and then a few days open in certain areas then two more hunts in November and a late hunt in December.