Let me get this off my chest.
The deer are really cranking up right now. I've seen several shooter bucks over the last couple days on my pre-dawn drive to work. Our bucks in Southern GA rut in the second half of October, and the pre-rut chase phase is blowing and going. It's prime time.
Where I hunt on a Federal Military installation, we are required to check in and out via an online system. If you fail to do so after a hunt, hunting/fishing/recreation privileges are suspended for 7 days.
My dumb ass forgot to check out on Sunday afternoon, and now I'm suspended until early next week. I planned to hunt tonight and Thursday on mobile setups. That's 2 prime time hunts I lost. Plus, I'll miss this weekend which should be one of the best of the entire season.
That's strike one.
But it gets better.
Several months ago I was tagged to deploy for a training mission. I would have missed hunting during all of October and half of November. Being the stellar husband I am, I recruited my mother to come visit for 10 days to help my wife (who is an ER nurse) with the kids during my absense. Fast forward to 3 weeks ago and my training mission was cancelled. Wooohoooo! I wouldn't miss the rut. But when my mother asked if she should still come and visit, I failed to consider the timing of the rut, and said "Sure, c'mon". Now I love my mother very much, but I don't want her to visit during the peak of the rut!!!!!
She arrives on Monday evening and will stay for 10 days. I bet you can guess which day my suspension is lifted...
That's strike two and three.
Sorry team 1. Blame G2. Sad Panda.
The deer are really cranking up right now. I've seen several shooter bucks over the last couple days on my pre-dawn drive to work. Our bucks in Southern GA rut in the second half of October, and the pre-rut chase phase is blowing and going. It's prime time.
Where I hunt on a Federal Military installation, we are required to check in and out via an online system. If you fail to do so after a hunt, hunting/fishing/recreation privileges are suspended for 7 days.
My dumb ass forgot to check out on Sunday afternoon, and now I'm suspended until early next week. I planned to hunt tonight and Thursday on mobile setups. That's 2 prime time hunts I lost. Plus, I'll miss this weekend which should be one of the best of the entire season.
That's strike one.
But it gets better.
Several months ago I was tagged to deploy for a training mission. I would have missed hunting during all of October and half of November. Being the stellar husband I am, I recruited my mother to come visit for 10 days to help my wife (who is an ER nurse) with the kids during my absense. Fast forward to 3 weeks ago and my training mission was cancelled. Wooohoooo! I wouldn't miss the rut. But when my mother asked if she should still come and visit, I failed to consider the timing of the rut, and said "Sure, c'mon". Now I love my mother very much, but I don't want her to visit during the peak of the rut!!!!!
She arrives on Monday evening and will stay for 10 days. I bet you can guess which day my suspension is lifted...
That's strike two and three.
Sorry team 1. Blame G2. Sad Panda.