Deer Camp A Bit Of A Milestone
The opening of Muzzleloader season is Saturday so I’m running around getting my stuff together. This will be my tenth season of hunting with “The Professional Liar’s Club” a club name hung on us by a outdoor writer who did a story on us a number of years ago. I guess that name is as fitting as any other name you could pin on this group of guys. The club itself has been together for a number of years probably getting close to 20 years and although it’s small group it feels like family.
The eve before the opening of muzzleloader you’ll find that most of us are in camp in anticipation of the opening morning hunt. This year like most we’ll have a fish fry on that evening and the swapping of the stories will begin. The story part is where we got our name because there are some good ones. Like the time we had a deputy sheriff hunting as a guest and he shot at a deer and couldn’t find it. He had a good blood trail he was following and it wasn’t till other guys from the club joined him in the search that he realized that he was tracking himself. It seems he got a bit to close to the scope and got bit the blood was dripping off his nose on to the leaves. He had missed the deer completely but did have a pretty good blood trail.
Then there was the year Rick and I created massive rubs and scrapes all around the club president’s deer stand. He’d get down from his stand after the morning hunt and by the time he returned for the afternoon hunt there was often more sign for him to find. One of the rules of the club is that any stand on the lease is open to the members of the club but the owner of the stand gets first option to hunt. Rick and I kept him in that same stand all season long because he didn’t dare let us get in there and kill the massive buck that was in there.
With close to 20 years of hunting together there is no shortage of stories for these guys and although I’m still one of the newer members it’s a great place to hunt. We may not kill any Boone & Crockets but we have a great time together. I’m sure we are about to create another chapter in “The Professional Liar’s Club”.
Thanks for the chuckle on a hectic day. Those are some great stories.
I won’t tell the story of the rubber snake that kept ending up in people’s favorite stands at my club.
Comment by GrillingGreg — October 31, 2007 @ 10:29 am
Sounds like fun. Have a great hunt and good luck.
I certainly don’t want to hear the story about the rubber snake Greg. If I ever found one in a tree stand or in my bed, I’d probably scream so loud I’d scare all the deer for miles around.
Comment by Kristine Shreve — October 31, 2007 @ 10:45 am
Sounds like you will have a great weekend, deer or no deer. Hopefully it will be the former. Good luck!
Comment by Matt — October 31, 2007 @ 3:50 pm