Weird Things

[hunter thompson]

woke up once with a family of deer looking at me from about 10 yards away
tried real hard to be slow but my first movement set them off and they were gone before I could shoulder my rifle
cricked my neck good sleeping like that but it was restful, didn't get a deer that year

HEY that reminds me,,i work nights and mornings is a chore..i got to where there is a excellent spot coming to a oak ridge from 2 swamps in 90 degree from each other..i had made it un sleepy from 4 hours of sleep the night before until 3 pm the afternoon.. i was beat... but know that its only a matter of time for a deer to appear. AROUND 3 PM peak time FROM 20 years before... i couldnt take non sleep no more.. ILL JUST SHUT MY EYES A FEW MINUTES i convinced myself. A few minutes thats all ive done this before ..no prob.. KNOWING BETTER 3:30 a half hour After i dozed off more than a few nods..I Came too ...and i looked to my left there was a *** of a deer 25 feet away and as i turned more towards it.... my coat rubbed onto the hemlock i was sitting underneath and this 12 point or better bolted off down behind me as i rolled to my left being right handed trying to get a shot i.... see him and a few does and a 8 point satelite buck that had passed before i woke up same path right by me. I got aim shot..MISSED and that big boy bolted back right by me same way that he come.... then stopped 50 yards away as i tried to reload and got another patched ball down on powder and couldnt get a good shot ...almost laying down crouched and leaning half awake and after i was thinking i could of shot him 20 feet away as he ran right back near me with a pistol from the hip

 

[Abarnes]

I got some moisture in my powder once and when I shot I got the weirdest uuuuuuuuuuuuuuop as my ball went down the barrel. it still had enough energy to embed the .490 rb in an old elm stump deep enough to hold it, but I could hear it travel out of the barrel like it was pushed by compressed air.