Funy Deer Camp Story

[fly]

I didn't bag a big buck this year, but had a great time making memories of another classic deer camp. The guy in the middle is my good friend Matt and the old timer in the red shirt is my dad. Last year I introduced Matt to deer hunting (second weekend only) and although he wasn't successful he loved it. This year he was able to make it for opening weekend. Opening day I set him up at my favorite spot and I showed him where I would be on a map and told him to come get me if he got one and I'd help drag it out. Well he got one at 7am and came looking for me and got LOST in the Shawnee Forest (100,000 acres +). Unexpectedly his Nextel phone service was a lot worse than my Verizon. He could not get a signal to call me. About 8:30am I went to his spot and found his deer and some gear but no Matt. I waited a while hoping he would return, nope. Then I started looking for him. I started getting worried when I heard my phone beep. It was a voice mail from Matt that said: "Hey I'm super lost in the woods" then cut out. I tried to call and finally got through (Here's the real kicker... instead of figuring out where he was we started talking about the deer!). Then the signal cut out and we lost connection again. After another 20 minutes of trying to find the one spot we could connect we finally got through, I said shot your gun and I'll shoot mine. Matt said ok and the signal was lost again. This was the last time we were able to connect. His shot was really far away! I walked towards it for 10 minutes then shot again (he did the same). After 6 shots we met up and boy were we relieved. I'm getting a GPS for next year and maybe one for him if I can find a couple that are not too expensive. I asked Matt the next day if he needed some more shells. He said I only need for to kill a deer with, but I'll need an additional 6 so you can find me.

[jbeck]

love the fact you talked about the deer instead of being lost, got lost in New York hunting turkeys one time and it was scary. glad he's OK, by the way give him an ATTA-BOY on the buck

[gobblerroller]

nice buck and good story

[hunterbobb]

Bushnell makes a no frills GPS that can get you to where you want to go and back. It is called the Backtracker and costs about $70.00. If you had one of those you would have missed out on a great story though.

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