A long Weight
One of those items was a ‘long weight’. If I had known it was actually spelt ‘wait’ and not ‘weight’, I wouldn’t have been sucked in. Arriving back at the workshop half an hour later, I was greeted with much laughter.
At the time I wasn’t impressed but I have found over the years that a ‘long wait’ is an asset when I’m bowhunting. Patience is at the heart of many successful bowhunts – and a lack of it is the ruin of so many more.
In February this year, I set up some tree stands for the coming Fallow rut. With installation complete, I ventured back to camp in the late morning heat. From an elevated position, I spotted a large set of antlers in some teasel sedge in a swampy basin 300 yards away. Then after ten minutes glassing, I saw another set. As the days were hot, the bucks were seeking cool places to
