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Hunters
     
Ryan Bassham 
      

Location
   
Buck n' Boar Outfitters
    Grapeland, Texas

Dates
    October 5-7, 2001

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Saturday Morning

After an uneventful drive up from Houston, Les and I arrived at Buck N' Boar finding the place soaked by the evening storms.   We went through the introductions and sat and chatted with the Bassham's and Leo Martinez for about four hours.  At 1:00 a.m., we decided to hit the sack.  We all knew that 5:30 was going to come early.


A member of Leo's welcoming committee!


Ryan checks out his new Camo, compliments of Brush Country!

After a night's sleep that felt more like a short nap, we got up, got our clothes on and headed out for our spot.  Leo placed us in a tree that had a pair of stands set up overlooking a feeder.  As the sun started to shed light on the East Texas woods, I realized we were in a good spot.  About 7:15, with very little light available to see, a small forkhorn buck made his way to the feeder.  With no corn on the ground and after having given us a long stare, the buck made his way out of the area.

Ryan and I sat for another two hours only catching glimpses of a couple of bucks as they sauntered through our clearing.  It was a great morning, but unproductive as far as deer hunting goes.  On the walk back, we noticed that a good group of deer had made their way down the road, stepping in the truck tracks that Leo had left when he took us to the stand earlier.

I wished Ryan a happy 16th birthday and told him I felt sure we'd get our chance this evening.  Back at the cabin, Mr. Bassham relayed his morning to us.  He had asked Leo to let him sit in a stand to see what might be moving.  As luck would have it, he had deer all around him.  He made a point to tell us repeatedly, that he could have drawn and shot any of the deer at anytime, had he been bowhunting.  We're planning on outdoing him this evening!!