Zach's Grandpa
Old Mossy Horns
I was in a ladder stand this morning that sits against a pine tree along a very thick wooded fence line. In front of me is a grass field with scattered pines and cedars and behind me is a pasture with a thick spot of pines and cedars at my back. When we put that stand up we cut a small opening, just big enough to walk through, and placed a couple of cinder blocks down so we could cross the fence right at the stand. Step over the fence, walk to the ladder, and climb up.
About 8:00 I heard something behind me and as I turned to look over my left shoulder I see a young doe running full speed and headed straight for our fence crossing. Right behind her is a four pointer chasing her. She jumped the fence, which now puts her almost directly under me, and right behind her here he comes only he is bigger and when he lands he falls into the ladder!!!!!! He no more than touched down when his right front shoulder collided with the ladder and shook the stand to the point that I thought it was going to fall. Both of them stopped for a minute and looked back at the stand like they were saying, "Who in @#$# put that #$%^& thing there"?
I have to admit it scared me for a second but then the humor of the situation took over and I realized that I am one of few people to have a deer run in to the stand they are sitting in.
Wouldn't that be sort of difficult to explain to the folks at the emergency room? "Well you see Doc it was like this, I was sitting in my stand when this deer came along and knocked my stand down so I went down with it and .................
About 8:00 I heard something behind me and as I turned to look over my left shoulder I see a young doe running full speed and headed straight for our fence crossing. Right behind her is a four pointer chasing her. She jumped the fence, which now puts her almost directly under me, and right behind her here he comes only he is bigger and when he lands he falls into the ladder!!!!!! He no more than touched down when his right front shoulder collided with the ladder and shook the stand to the point that I thought it was going to fall. Both of them stopped for a minute and looked back at the stand like they were saying, "Who in @#$# put that #$%^& thing there"?
I have to admit it scared me for a second but then the humor of the situation took over and I realized that I am one of few people to have a deer run in to the stand they are sitting in.
Wouldn't that be sort of difficult to explain to the folks at the emergency room? "Well you see Doc it was like this, I was sitting in my stand when this deer came along and knocked my stand down so I went down with it and .................