| Deer hunting is a
national holiday in Arkansas. Every year there are small
business owners that close up their doors and go hunting for deer.
Customers are expected to understand. Those who work for companies have their vacation set up to correspond with their favorite deer season and NO sudden developments shall interfere with that time. Everyone that can hunt for deer, heads out for the best deer hunting area they can access. For some that is a slice of some National Forest offering. When deer day arrives deer country fills up with camps of 3 to 30 hunters. Smoke curls up from a central fire, tents greet the dawn. Coffee by the gallon is consumed and hunters sit around the fire talking about the deer they bagged, the ones they missed, and the ones they hope to bag. The ones who aren't still there talking are the serious ones, already out on their stand, eyes peeled, fingers tensed, bullets primed. Any deer trying to offer itself on the altar of sacrifice will get their scrutinous consideration. |
| The night
before opening day is the time to decide if you are in the right
camp. What you want to hear is: "I'll be on a rock face,
up on the hill (a nod of the head in the general direction) to
the east of here and facing north."
In other words: Do NOT trust to luck; these are the kind of guys that will explain in court: "I heard something in the brush and shot." That is MY emphasis on the word "something" as THEY are clueless. Not even two years in prison for involuntary manslaughter will make them any smarter. Safe camps will be peopled with hunters in safe garb. Women? In a deer camp? Let me assure you, |
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 One
alternative to accepting a mere slice of National Forest is
to have a friend with a slab of land to hunt on. My
friend James is a huntmeister on his own ranch that is four
miles long and has a river running down the middle of it.
He's big on hunting deer, turkey and bear. Nor is he
above tackling the occasional wild boar. Any season
brave enough to open for deer, he is ready for it.
Bow, black powder, buck only, or buck or doe, James is there
with his sights blackened.His personal deer stand is 25 feet high and looks right down on a corn feeder that is constantly contaminated with sweet strawberry fumes. His wife makes him wear a seat belt up there. Deer can smell the strawberry essence from three miles away. There's water on three sides of the deer stand. James put his stand there because two deer trails crossed that spot. Now there are six deer trails crossing there.
"We'll get one, baby." Hunting on a friend's slab of land, especially if it is as big as a little National Forest, is only slightly different from hunting on a slice of land. First off, you'll want to know the slab boundaries Then you'll want a tour of the property with the huntmeister, if at all possible. |
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You'll want to get right down on the ground and tromp around when you get near the spot he wants you to hunt from. Study the landmarks pointed out to you so it will be easy to make your way there in the dark, and back again after you've brought your deer down. If you don't have a night scope then one thing you'll want to check out for easier navigation is your camera. Many (expensive) cameras are equipped with night vision in the view finder. To my mind it is even better than a night scope for navigating in the dark because the field of view is virtually 180 in front of you and you can see every tree, every bush, every deer, every packrat. I can see better with mine at night than I can see in broad daylight because everything is in such sharp contrast.
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