See The Night

Many times hunters get up way before daylight in order to get where they want to be when the sun comes up. If you are hunting deer, and are going to hunt from a stand, then you need to be in there and settled a good hour before daylight. By that time any sound you made getting there will be forgotten in case you walked by any deer bedded down near your stand.

But many times, hunters can face other challenges long before they reach their tree stands. One of these challenges, is escaping from the house without waking anyone. Making a quiet exit can be a real trial. I have attempted this many times, only to trip over a dyson all floors vacuum that my mother left out, and dropping my gear all over the room. The noise was earth shattering.

I have just stood up out of my bed, still about half asleep, and knocked over my alvarez acoustic guitar, and the sound from that would wake the dead. I could hear mumbling from other rooms as I picked it up and put it back in its place. Sometimes, the whole day just starts off wrong. Very seldom have I ever made a totally quiet exit. But the few times I did, I was very proud.

By now, I was really losing time as far as my early start was concerned. I was losing precious minutes, and had managed to wake everyone up. I could hear them mumbling as I finally was able to get through the door with everything I needed. I threw everything into the truck, checked my new leather watch, and knew I had to really make up for time while driving.

Once I got to my parking place, I looked at my watch again. I had managed to make up most of the lost time. I just needed to hurry and get geared up, and make my way to the stand and get set. I had a few tricks for doing things quickly when I needed to, and they paid off. I was soon on the path with my flashlight showing me the way.

After I was in my stand, I checked the time once more. It worked out perfectly. I was where I wanted to be, and at the time I wanted to be there. I sat in my stand thinking back at how the morning had stared. I caught myself giggling out loud as I pictured what I looked like knocking things over and tripping over stuff. And I thought about how mad everybody probably was because I woke them. I grinned really big about that.

It was hours later that I realized that my giggling was the only enjoyment I was going to get for my efforts today. I never saw the first deer, and all I ended up with was a cold nose and cold feet, and a hungry belly. I still had to laugh. I was seriously considering beginning my hunting around noon from now on, and letting this early stuff go. But I found that hunting really can be funny sometimes.