Neat finds and then a wet TSHIRT contest!!!

[Blind.In.Texas]

It started off as any other hunt. I made ready and had my gear in the truck. I headed out for Logan. Gonna get me some more trash i figured. I hit the woods with a half can of OFF! applied to my person and a half can on stand-by. The skeeters were bad. They buzzed around my face like fans on Bono after a concert. I felt special for the moment. That all changed after some of those skeeters decided to make me their last meal. They musta been hungry. I would never eat anything that smelled as bad as me in that moment. The area I was in is horribly uneven and holds water for weeks. Every time I bent over a sweat and OFF mixture went down my face and onto my lips. I was so numb from that stuff you could pulled my lips off and I would have felt it. 25% DEET BABY!!

Anyway, all I got from that place was about ten pounds of lead from one area....the banana spiders were everywhere. I walked face first into one while beeping and nearly soiled myself.....I was already muddy so no one woulda noticed anyway. Anyhoo, as I was beeping along (again with my head down) I took another web to the grill and this time I hit the ground on my butt hard, landing on my digger, clacking my teeth, and draining the rest of the sweaty OFF into my eyes. Naturally I jumped to my feet and assumed the Kung Fu position cuz I was about to whoop the hell outta that nanner spider for building a house RIGHT THERE!! No one was so home so I moved on. All those skeeters buzzing made my head spin. I couldn't believe the numbers. In the hundreds.....


Decided to move before I got hepatitis, malaria and polio. Moved over to another part of the camp where few people dare to go. I am pretty sure that this particular area had not been hit for a very very long time if ever at all. I will most definitely return to that place. I dug a......


And some.....


And finally this little.....

which is in really great condition. This was the best macro shot I could get of it.

Suddenly the sky opened up without warning. No thunder. No lightning and no sprinkles. I got a shower!! I was about a half click due south of the extraction zone and it was getting heavier! I turned my MD around to carry it by the shaft and popped out the batteries and headed out. After 20 yards or so I was completely soaked!!

Once I got to the extraction vehicle I hit the AC and forgot my shirt was wet and it hit me like an ice cube. I had to drive home half naked some like kind of redneck. No offense to all my Oklahoma, Arkansas, Georgia and East Texas people


Did I mention that I was the only one in the contest? I spared everyone the after photos! If you look hard enough you can.......

 

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[piggman1]

I just love the smell, and taste of DET early in the morning. It smells and taste like victory.....or something like that. Keep em coming!

 

[treasuretrucker]

i love the taste of banana spiders in the morning,they taste like chicken,or bananas,or chicken covered bananas,or banana sauce covered chicken,or..........

 

[GoldSeals]

That round metal thing with the soldered on piece is a carburetor float.
Regards,GoldSeals

 

[Blind.In.Texas]

Thank you much GoldSeals. Exactly what my father-in-law said he thought it was. Now we know!!

 

[Jack(IN)]

The only Banana spiders I ran into were in Okinawa Japan, and it was HUGE, body the size of a baseball!! Don't remember if I had to change my drawers or not...

 

[RUDY2003]

Hey buddy, I'd go to Logan sometime as soon as my air pack and environmental suit are cleaned. I didn't get rained on yesterday but my shirt was sust as damp....Whew......

 

[MalteseFalcon]

I just love the smell, and taste of DET early in the morning. It smells and taste like victory.....or something like that. Keep em coming!

 

[Dimeman]

Yes those Mosquitos are very hungry at Logan. I went once last month for a few hours and had dowsed myself with Deep Woods Off, and had another kind of spray for spraying while I was hunting. There was no breeze in the woods were I was at,and it was humid. I was spraying the repellant all over me and swatting them things to try and keep them off of me.

There were so many of them "skeeters" ....I felt like a test subject for accupunture :P :P

All I found was a crusty 1942 wheat penny.Too busy swatting the bugs to really concentrate on detecting.

 

[Boobydoo]

That's a huge pile of lead man. Sounds like a day filled with hard work and a lot of outside influences. Nana spiders are definitely scary looking beasts. I can only imagine the size of them down there. They're pretty big up here. Hope the rain lets up for you guys soon. Good luck to you out there!

Smiles!
BDoo

 

[Nana40]

:P You may want to wait till fall to go back to that site, TF.

Loved the story though!

Nana

 

[Johnny Cache Hunter]

Nice finds despite the horrible conditions.
I enjoyed the humerous post.

I'm not familiar with Banana Spiders but I'll take it from your post, that's a good thing.

Those "skeeters" just might have made a meal out of you due to, as you described, the OFF spray mixing with your perspiration. This could have possibly diluted, or washed away, your 25% Deet protection.

Try this next time, REI Jungle Juice 100 - Spray Pump, I've used it with good results, it's 100% Deet.


Happy Hunting
Johnny Cache

 

[Huntr1]

WalMart also sells a 100% DEET pump spray. I swear by it for hunting in the Eastern Shore of MD tidal salt marshes.

 

[Blind.In.Texas]

WalMart also.....

100% you all say, hmmm? I wonder if it works on these as well....

http://www.surviveoutdoors.com/reference/spiders/banana_spider.asp

http://www.shadygrovetrainingcenter.com/Wildlife/bannana_spider_photo_gallery.htm

I have seen the golden silk spider up 5 inches across. usually about 4 inches though.

I'll bet the MD marshes area a serious skeeter hazard!!