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<blockquote data-quote="JimFromTN" data-source="post: 2045459" data-attributes="member: 113268"><p>I have to admit that I have become a lazy hunter in my old age. I used to duck hunt in areas where your feet would sink to your thighs in a peanut butter like substance. I almost died one time when it got almost to my waist and I kept sinking. I had to bend at the waist and lay my upper torso flat on top of the mud to keep from sinking any farther. Luckily, I was not alone and my friend got a long branch and I was able to use it to crawl out. I have almost frozen to death when the gravel bar gave out from beneath my feet and I went into the water when it was 17 degrees out. The outer layers of my clothing froze solid which is what kept my body heat in and saved my life. I had this weird frozen armor on. Deer hunting, I would walk way back to my spot and have to drag a deer by myself back out. I don't know how many times I exhausted myself to the point of almost throwing up when I was out hunting. I ended up buying land so I could walk out my back door, walk 10 minutes into the woods, and shoot a deer. Once I shoot the deer, I walk back out of the woods, get in my mule, drive right up to the deer and throw it in the back. I drive back out straight to my shop where I have a gambrel on a hoist. I hook the deer up and crank it out of the back. There is no dragging and no field dressing. I am working on a way to use the electric hoist on the mule to get it in the back so I don't have to even lift it. I am not as lazy as my neighbor. He drives his 4 wheeler right up to his stand. He doesn't shoot many deer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JimFromTN, post: 2045459, member: 113268"] I have to admit that I have become a lazy hunter in my old age. I used to duck hunt in areas where your feet would sink to your thighs in a peanut butter like substance. I almost died one time when it got almost to my waist and I kept sinking. I had to bend at the waist and lay my upper torso flat on top of the mud to keep from sinking any farther. Luckily, I was not alone and my friend got a long branch and I was able to use it to crawl out. I have almost frozen to death when the gravel bar gave out from beneath my feet and I went into the water when it was 17 degrees out. The outer layers of my clothing froze solid which is what kept my body heat in and saved my life. I had this weird frozen armor on. Deer hunting, I would walk way back to my spot and have to drag a deer by myself back out. I don't know how many times I exhausted myself to the point of almost throwing up when I was out hunting. I ended up buying land so I could walk out my back door, walk 10 minutes into the woods, and shoot a deer. Once I shoot the deer, I walk back out of the woods, get in my mule, drive right up to the deer and throw it in the back. I drive back out straight to my shop where I have a gambrel on a hoist. I hook the deer up and crank it out of the back. There is no dragging and no field dressing. I am working on a way to use the electric hoist on the mule to get it in the back so I don't have to even lift it. I am not as lazy as my neighbor. He drives his 4 wheeler right up to his stand. He doesn't shoot many deer. [/QUOTE]
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