silverfreak
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Talk about a wild ride...this hunt on Sunday was it.
The farmer finally got his corn out and gave us permission to hunt...but it was like working in a stubbly wind tunnel.
Earlier it wasn't to bad but as it got closer to dark; it got very nasty.
It was all I could do to stay upwards and on my feet because of the heavy winds.
I had on a light, oversized nylon jacket and there were a couple of times that the wind caught it and spread it wide open like a sail on a boat.
The outcome?...it actually pulled me backwards in "hanglider" style
...and threw me about 6 feet back right on my rump.
Trust me...not so much fun when there were cornstalks sticking up everywhere.
My buddy Brad or "B-Rad" as I call him...well he didn't have so much trouble staying anchored to the ground as he weighs in at a homegrown and cornfed 270 lbs....so unless a tornado hit us...he wasn't goin' anywhere
First thing I got was a shallow hit in the dry top soil and pulled out this clod with an injun' peeking out.
A while later it started getting dark...and it was then that I got my first silver...this worn old barber.
Finally after what seemed like an eternity because I was so beat down from stumbling around the stalks in near darkness
and fighting the 60 mph winds out in the wide open area...I got a nice, deep hit and pulled out a huge clod of moist, dark dirt from a good ways down and could make out the edge of a silver rim which you should be able to see in the pic.
Pretty cool to see silver peeking out of the coal black soil....and even better to see it turn out to be seated.
By this time it was pretty well dark and Herky had even shed his camo jacket because the wind was catching the backend of it and was tossing him sideways.
I love this time of year and getting to hunt some fields...but it can be pretty rough.
It's all good though...thanks for viewing.
The farmer finally got his corn out and gave us permission to hunt...but it was like working in a stubbly wind tunnel.
Earlier it wasn't to bad but as it got closer to dark; it got very nasty.
It was all I could do to stay upwards and on my feet because of the heavy winds.
I had on a light, oversized nylon jacket and there were a couple of times that the wind caught it and spread it wide open like a sail on a boat.
The outcome?...it actually pulled me backwards in "hanglider" style
...and threw me about 6 feet back right on my rump.Trust me...not so much fun when there were cornstalks sticking up everywhere.
My buddy Brad or "B-Rad" as I call him...well he didn't have so much trouble staying anchored to the ground as he weighs in at a homegrown and cornfed 270 lbs....so unless a tornado hit us
...he wasn't goin' anywhereFirst thing I got was a shallow hit in the dry top soil and pulled out this clod with an injun' peeking out.
A while later it started getting dark...and it was then that I got my first silver...this worn old barber.
Finally after what seemed like an eternity because I was so beat down from stumbling around the stalks in near darkness
and fighting the 60 mph winds out in the wide open area...I got a nice, deep hit and pulled out a huge clod of moist, dark dirt from a good ways down and could make out the edge of a silver rim which you should be able to see in the pic.Pretty cool to see silver peeking out of the coal black soil....and even better to see it turn out to be seated.
By this time it was pretty well dark and Herky had even shed his camo jacket because the wind was catching the backend of it and was tossing him sideways.
I love this time of year and getting to hunt some fields...but it can be pretty rough.
It's all good though...thanks for viewing.
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