Busted before it began!

There is nothing worse for a hunter than blowing deer out from your stand location when walking to it early in the morning! That's exactly what happened to me this morning! As I crested the ridge to drop over to my stand I hear a twig then, sure enough, tails in the moonlight!! Busted!! Too many things blitz through my brain to post. Hope that wasn't a big buck, he will never be back, maybe it was a buck chasing a doe and they weren't really run ing from me? The list could go on and on! The facts are that it happened, I'm up in the tree and I will sit here till lunch time!! Why do we do this as hunters? We are committed to being out here? Maybe! It's a great stand location? Maybe! Or is it that we love this so very much that to admit defeat and going home would be out of the question!!!!?? I love being out here! Hearing the crunch of leaves under a bucks hoof is really exciting! Then there is the fact of the unknown! What if a giant happens by my stand today and I'm not there to see him, let alone have an opportunity to harvest him? Man this could be good today... **dream, dream** sorry got lost in that thought!! I love doing this so much and am so thankful whenever I have the opportunity to harvest one of these majestic animals, wall hanger or not!!

I just wanted you to be encouraged today dare to dream a little, go ahead it won't hurt, dream and see what God does with it in your heart!!

Blessings,
PC