Thread:The Reptile King/@comment-27950421-20180623213612/@comment-25808351-20181119223046

About as free as the world will let you be. My little hunting trip up in New York State this weekend is as free as I’ll ever be. My farmhouse up there is miles from anything resembling civilization. This weekend was immensely liberating. Driving up there I ran into a snow storm. The storm knocked out the power to the house, so I slept in utter darkness, only a small candle to give me light and warmth. Woke up on Saturday at 4:00 am and trudged my way out to my tree stand, making sure not to make a lot noise lest I scare away a potential kill.

Once I got in my stand I waited till I finally saw a big buck, 11 points. I would have had him if he’d wondered out of the brush. Unfortunately something spooked him and he ran. Gods it was good to get back up there and live a little.