Don’t Let the Weather Wreck Your Hunting Trip! - Part 2
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We got to hunting camp at around 4:00 on Friday. The sun was just starting to set to our west. The sky started to get very dark and the northwest wind began howling through the trees. We had to set up camp fast because it was going to get dark soon and a major winter storm was brewing. My job was to pitch the camping tent while my friends collected the firewood.
About 20 minutes later the tent was pitched and my friends were walking up the trail carrying armloads of firewood that they found lying on the forest floor. My friend John said that they saw three big bucks in the valley as they walked down the hill. He said they headed straight to the north side of the forest jumping an old dry stream. Now we knew where to start our hunt early the next morning.
Before we could think about hunting, we had to get a fire started because the storm was approaching quickly. We built a simple fire pit out of big rocks then started the fire and got the rest of our eqipment unpacked and put away. As soon as we got the fire built to a roaring blaze it started to snow very hard. It was very cold out so we decided to leave our sandwiches in our picnic backpack and grill some thick strip steaks. Since John had just gotten new bbq tools, he got to do the cooking. Besides, none of us will ever complain about John’s cooking. He really is the master of the grill.
The snow started to build up very quickly. In an hour or so we had two inches on the ground. My new four season camping tent was holding up to the wind and snow very well. Soon the steaks were done and we could get into our tent and enjoy our dinner. We grabbed the cooler from the back of the SUV and climbed into the tent for an evening of storytelling, food and beer.
As we ate, the snow and wind picked up even more. The tent was shaking hard but stood up to the winter storm. I was very happy I had gotten the four season tent instead of the three season one I had been considering. If I had bought the other tent, we would have either stayed home or we’d have been sleeping in the truck. A little while later the dinner and beer were just fond memories and it was time to head for our sleeping bags and get some rest. The alarm clock was going to go off early because the hunt was at hand!
Please come back soon for part 3 of this story about my bad weather hunting trip. In part 3 I’ll tell you the story of the hunt and the huge buck I got that day.
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