Matt Ellison's Big Ditch Buck
Wind...
Where do you hunt when it is windy... Answer... In a ditch... A Big Ditch...
With the closing of tornado season the weather people have nothing better to talk about than the wind. They strike fear into people that the wind will huff and puff... well you get the idea. It worked for Scott and I this morning. Not wanting to head out into the tree stand with the wind we chose to hit a pond and hunt some waterfowl. Shot more than we expected but one thing we noticed is the wind wasn't really that bad. Cleaned the birds and headed home for shower and nap for me. Meet at Scott's house at 2:30 pm. Kicked tires and finally decided to go to the Big Ditch... Rolled in threw up the stands, myself in one tree and Scott in another and were set to hunt at 3:14 pm. I no more got settled and saw a doe feeding towards me and notified Scott with hand signals that would make an offensive coordinator blush that there was a doe (which ended up being a spike) and to pay attention. About ten minutes later a small eight point drops down into the Big Ditch followed by a shooter. I never hesitated when he strolled down the hill, the heart beat quickened the breathing started and all he need to to was to come my way. I lost sight of him for a while and the wind died a little so I grunted and he came into view on a string. A short time later he was standing at 30 yards, head down and I let er eat. He turned as I shot and I hit him what I thought was way back. I was unsure of the shot and kind of disappointed in myself when I looked back and Scott was just about ready to jump out of his stand giving me hand signals ( that would make an offensive coordinator blush) that he was down. Time... 3:34 pm. Awesome, awesome hunt... All on video that turned out fantastic, thanks buddy! One of the most memorable hunts I have been on.
Where do you hunt when it is windy... Answer... In a ditch... A Big Ditch...
With the closing of tornado season the weather people have nothing better to talk about than the wind. They strike fear into people that the wind will huff and puff... well you get the idea. It worked for Scott and I this morning. Not wanting to head out into the tree stand with the wind we chose to hit a pond and hunt some waterfowl. Shot more than we expected but one thing we noticed is the wind wasn't really that bad. Cleaned the birds and headed home for shower and nap for me. Meet at Scott's house at 2:30 pm. Kicked tires and finally decided to go to the Big Ditch... Rolled in threw up the stands, myself in one tree and Scott in another and were set to hunt at 3:14 pm. I no more got settled and saw a doe feeding towards me and notified Scott with hand signals that would make an offensive coordinator blush that there was a doe (which ended up being a spike) and to pay attention. About ten minutes later a small eight point drops down into the Big Ditch followed by a shooter. I never hesitated when he strolled down the hill, the heart beat quickened the breathing started and all he need to to was to come my way. I lost sight of him for a while and the wind died a little so I grunted and he came into view on a string. A short time later he was standing at 30 yards, head down and I let er eat. He turned as I shot and I hit him what I thought was way back. I was unsure of the shot and kind of disappointed in myself when I looked back and Scott was just about ready to jump out of his stand giving me hand signals ( that would make an offensive coordinator blush) that he was down. Time... 3:34 pm. Awesome, awesome hunt... All on video that turned out fantastic, thanks buddy! One of the most memorable hunts I have been on.
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