EXTREME MAKEOVER 2012

Today was the opening of the muzzle loader deer hunt.  Hiked just a little over miles today, saw a lot of deer no big bucks.  I like that this hunt falls on the week before the marathon, it give time for my body to recover from a long summer of running.  It also gives me a lot of time to think about the race.  I usually have dreams of big bucks the night before the hunt, I found myself awake thinking about the marathon.  I really must be losing it....?

Today I hiked 5 miles, it was alot of uphill and very thick brush.  The deer ran in front of us, because the brush was so thick.  Legs feel good, some little whispers every now and again.  The hike was cut short today, my uncle shot a 4X4 deer today.  I pushed the deer to him, I did not get a good look at it.  after he shot it, i had to help him drag it about 2 miles, that is the bad part when it comes to hunting.

Today Evan joined me on the hunt.  This was his first deer hunt, so I was not so sure on how he would do on long early morning hikes.  He did a great job and did not complain one time.  We went on a morning hike and the we went out again on a after noon hunt.

Short hike this morning, it was way to hot.  Mostly sat around and talked about past hunting stories.