TAKE A STAND
With temperatures forecasted to eclipse the century mark for the fifth day in a row, there was no way a spot-and-stalk approach was going to work. It was opening day of archery season, and the ground was hard and noisy.
After a quick wind check, I knew exactly which of my three treestands I needed to get to if I had any chance of tagging a blacktail. Before daylight I was 23 feet up a tree, comfortably harnessed in the stand. Three hours later, one of the bucks I’d been
