A bad day in the woods…

For the first time in a couple of years to day I was able to go out hunting. It’s opening day here fro firearms and it was nice to be back out in the woods, even if they weren’t productive. The morning started out nice and early, heading out in to the darkness and finding a nice spot to sit and wait. I was on top of a small hill looking down into two recently cut corn fields hidden in a little copse. The predawn air was crisp but the sky was clear and I knew I wouldn’t have to worry about rain like we had yesterday. As I sat patiently and quietly waiting on dawns light, listening to the sounds around me, I soon realized that today was not going to be a good day for hunting. Right around dawn a think fog began to roll in, slowly at first and then all of a sudden. It was very thick and heavy and dropped visibility, even from my hill, to mere feet. A few times through out the morning I thought I heard a deer grunt, but I could not tell where it was coming from and had no hope of seeing. The fog finally lifted around 10:30am, but by that time I could see Adam and Ryan (the guys i was with) heading out of their respective blinds and stands and making their way back to Adam’s truck. Even though we heard a lot of gun shots in other fields around us, none of saw any deer today. Unfortunately they both had to work the afternoon so we only had the morning hunt to try and get something. It is passable that this will be the only time I get to go out this year, and even though I didn’t even see a deer it was still great to be back out in the woods. You know what they say “A bad day in the woods beats a good day in the office.”