12\7 Different strokes for different folks

  • by Rick Hill
  • December 8, 2010
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My workaholic buddy Bert-Bo insisted on the topic for this weeks column. To fully appreciate this guy, I will need to give you a little background information on him. We came up with his nickname by combining his name with an identical 10 year younger clone of him, Bo-Bert. Both of these guys run the dog trials with us, but the similarities go much deeper. They both have some of the top dogs in the series, but their dogs pay no attention to them in the field. Since they both work 80 hour weeks they have no time for dog training. They both think, and act so similarly that they can complete each others sentences. One of the best things about them from my prospective is that they both have nice boats they never use. One is docked on Lake Erie, the other on Pleasant Hill. I haven't been on my boat for two years since they have much nicer boats, and they are already docked in the water. All those fishing trips I write about take place on their boats while they are working. Bert-Bo is an international consultant, and travels all over the world with his job. He plays just as hard as he works, and gets more done in a two day weekend than you could believe. He gets up at 4 AM, and goes all day. Last Friday he had a rare day off, and wanted to go deer hunting. I had tentative plans to take Birdman Bill, and his son down to Licking County and hunt my folks farm. After some discussion we decided to hunt Lucky Eddies farm instead. It was an hour closer, and no one else had hunted it all week. Due to his innate need to take every venture to it's extreme, he suggested we meet at 4 AM. I assured him that he would have 2 hours to kill in my driveway, as I would not be leaving until 6 AM, and that we would have plenty of time to get in the field. It was this difference of opinion that caused him to request that I write a column on the proper time to enter a deer woods. He was sure that by entering the woods 2 hours before legal hunting time the deer would be settled down, and moving around in their normal pattern by the time you could shoot one. He also recommended staying on stand until one or two PM before coming in, and assured me he had experienced success using this method. There is no doubt that this insanity works because it is espoused by many of the experts that write for the sporting magazines. However; it would never even cross my mind to try it. First of all deer hunting is supposed to be fun, and there is no way anything can be fun at 4 AM. Second of all I don't own enough clothes to stay warm sitting in a tree for nine or ten hours, on a cold day. Then there is the fact that I have never killed a deer before 8 AM. Which is when I wake up from my half hour nap in the stand. Finally, anyone that hunts with me knows that they need to be ready at legal hunting time. As I will chase a deer to them while I am wandering around trying to find, and get into my tree stand. Catch you later Rick


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