PARA45
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Rifle season finally opened up in GA. My friend and I headed out to his in-laws farm to hunt some whitetail deer. That afternoon I decided to hunt a different stand, and not my stand. I don't know what I was thinking, or why I wanted to hunt there.
I get to the stand, and started to climb up the ladder, I have my backpack and rifle with me. The stand platform is about 15' up. When I reach the opening for the stand, I open the door, and my body is about half way up and into the stand. There are two chairs in the way, so I move the chair with wheels that is to my right out of the way. I then proceed to move the chair to my left which is a folding chair that is open. When I pushed the chair, about 30-40 pissed off Wasp came out from under the chair, they came out looking who had disturbed their peace, and they were out to inflict some painful damage on whoever did that. These angry and with a bad attitude Wasp were swarming all around me, I had them flying inches from my face, and I was trying not to move, blink or breath. Oh and did I mention that I'm about 15 ft up. I stood there for what seemed like an eternity, and finally these angry Kamikaze calm down enough for me to get down. With my finest Terminator impersonating, I told them "I'll be back".
I got to the truck and found the Wasp/Hornet spray. Got back to the stand, and I got up into the stand once again (I was determined to hunt this stand no matter what), poked my head into the opening, looked at them, and shot them with the spray. I quickly got down, and gave them a couple of minutes for the effect of the spry to take effect. Got back up and finished the few that were still trying to fly out. Yes, victory! So, I thought!
Got into the stand, I got all situated, and ready to have a relaxing hunt. Not so much. The scouts that were out, were now coming back, and realized that their home was destroyed and their friends & relatives were all dead. Needless to say, they were not too happy about that, and they were looking for who had done this. I don't know how did they know it was me who had done that, but they came after me. I knew it was not going to be easy, and most likely be a hand to hand type of combat, but I was ready. or so I thought. Killed the first one, with one hit from my hat. The second one dove in for the kill, but I managed to hit it with the hat, but the force was strong with this one. Got up twice, and came after me twice, but I managed to finally give it one good hit and killed it. I don't know what I was thinking, but taking on those two angry wasp in the stand was not the smartest thing, but I was committed to hunt that stand. I didn't see anything, and it was probably due to the commotion in the stand, and the wonderful aroma of Wasp/Hornet spray. LOL.
Here lies the final combatant.
Moral of the story, always double check your stand before getting into them. For some reason or another, we never checked this stand until the day I got into it. I was very lucky that day, the outcome could have been a lot worst.
I get to the stand, and started to climb up the ladder, I have my backpack and rifle with me. The stand platform is about 15' up. When I reach the opening for the stand, I open the door, and my body is about half way up and into the stand. There are two chairs in the way, so I move the chair with wheels that is to my right out of the way. I then proceed to move the chair to my left which is a folding chair that is open. When I pushed the chair, about 30-40 pissed off Wasp came out from under the chair, they came out looking who had disturbed their peace, and they were out to inflict some painful damage on whoever did that. These angry and with a bad attitude Wasp were swarming all around me, I had them flying inches from my face, and I was trying not to move, blink or breath. Oh and did I mention that I'm about 15 ft up. I stood there for what seemed like an eternity, and finally these angry Kamikaze calm down enough for me to get down. With my finest Terminator impersonating, I told them "I'll be back".
I got to the truck and found the Wasp/Hornet spray. Got back to the stand, and I got up into the stand once again (I was determined to hunt this stand no matter what), poked my head into the opening, looked at them, and shot them with the spray. I quickly got down, and gave them a couple of minutes for the effect of the spry to take effect. Got back up and finished the few that were still trying to fly out. Yes, victory! So, I thought!
Got into the stand, I got all situated, and ready to have a relaxing hunt. Not so much. The scouts that were out, were now coming back, and realized that their home was destroyed and their friends & relatives were all dead. Needless to say, they were not too happy about that, and they were looking for who had done this. I don't know how did they know it was me who had done that, but they came after me. I knew it was not going to be easy, and most likely be a hand to hand type of combat, but I was ready. or so I thought. Killed the first one, with one hit from my hat. The second one dove in for the kill, but I managed to hit it with the hat, but the force was strong with this one. Got up twice, and came after me twice, but I managed to finally give it one good hit and killed it. I don't know what I was thinking, but taking on those two angry wasp in the stand was not the smartest thing, but I was committed to hunt that stand. I didn't see anything, and it was probably due to the commotion in the stand, and the wonderful aroma of Wasp/Hornet spray. LOL.
Here lies the final combatant.
Moral of the story, always double check your stand before getting into them. For some reason or another, we never checked this stand until the day I got into it. I was very lucky that day, the outcome could have been a lot worst.
