The Long Season

By the metric of hours sitting in the deer stand, this was almost certainly the longest hunting season I've experienced. I started off keeping a record, but the exercise of cataloging failed hunts was simply too discouraging.

There were additional reasons to be discouraged. I've seen precious few deer on the 30 or so times I've hunted. On only four of those hunts did I see any that were even marginally within range. On three of those four my poor job of concealment gave me away and the deer spooked. Twice the spooked deer was a small buck that I coveted.

Kayak Shack Materials List & Construction Notes

This is the materials list for the kayak storage shed/rack I built.

All lumber is pressure treated. I used the following:

• 2 sheets of 1/2 inch plywood
• 4 ten-foot 2x4s
• 9 eight-foot 2x4s
• 11 ten-foot 5/4x6 deck boards
• Screws or nails rated for outdoor use with treated wood