Tried to go hunting!

[cb223]

I got to my buddies house at 6:30, he had breakfast(and it was good) waiting for me. We had a plan to go to a new area. I have spent alot of time in this area, just not for coyotes.

I'm driving down the road, the same road I have driven down 500 times before. I have been going to this spot for at least 20 years to hunt or fish. There was a little water and snow in the way, nothing new. Most of the time this road is just a gravel road, sometimes there is a little water over it, no big deal. The water when it is flooded  is only about 6 inches deep. So naturally I just proceed to drive right through it. 

Well this time it is a bit deeper than normal and I fell through the ice and got instantly stuck! An hour later we got pulled out by a friend and decided it best to drive in from the other way.

After we drove around and came in from the other way we found a good spot, got set up on some good sign, started to call. Not 2 minutes into it two snowmobiles come through and proceed to race around us. I don't think they saw us.

Well needless to say that was the end of that stand. Walked about 1/2 mile found a new spot just getting ready to start calling and guess what ? The same 2 snowmobiles come through and stop not 50 yards from us! As soon as we let them know we were there they left in a hurry because they are not supposed to be in this area. Non the less they screwed our hunt twice.

I will be going back to this area when there is less snow, hopefully there is no snowmobiles! There was alot of good sign!!

Over all not a good day hunting but it was an adventure!

Here's a few pics of my Jeep stuck. This is only the second time that I needed to be pulled out in the 6 years that I have owned it.

[FinsnFur]

Yeah boyyyyyy, that looks like fun!
We used to head north to the pipe line for a weekend of nothing but that stuff   
Beer, mud, water, and trucks from around the country.

I wish you could have gotten us a couple roost shots   


Ok, I'll agree, it sucks though when you arent planning it

[KySongDog]

Those pics remind me of hammeryotes and his LBL adventure.    Sometimes a winch comes in handy.   

Glad it turned out to be just an inconvenience and not a disaster.   

Semp

[Hawks Feather]

You need to drive on the roads and not try to drive in the river.       Under "normal" years that is what the rivers around here look like in the spring.   It doesn't look like fun.

Jerry

[Silencer]

   Been there and done that, not alot of fun wading through icy water    Or being stuck in the river and they deceide to turn on the turbines and the water is rising 

[kyfuzzyface]

That SUX better luck next time