3rd week in October 17, 2026

On 10.17.25 i went down to the lease to later meet Charlie after he gets out of court. I unloaded my car, I had a brand new folding Velotric folding plus bike. Set up a table and went out to stencil some green leaves on my pop up. So I went to my blind got out and started to paint and I could not stand up without a pain shooting up and down in my right leg. I packed up by painting stuff and went back to the camp called my doctor and got an appointment for Monday morning and laid down with ice on my back and dozed. Charlie came in close to 4, we chilled and went out to hunt around 4:30, after the hunt I told Charlie I was hurting too much to stay and needed help loading up, which he did and was happy to load up and go.

Turns out after a week of pain a mri showed a herniated disk at L5/s1 pushing on sciatica nerve in right leg. Hunting season was over. Grandson Corbin shot an eight point out of the Sigman blind.

October 25, 26,27

Got down last night in time for a 45 minute  sit down, wind was perfect. Did not see anything. Charlie got in around  1030.

 I hunted the pop up this morning and seen a doe but but did not have a good shot, Charlie hunted the tripod at the bow stand and didn't see anything. 

  We put chum out at the field stand and the camp stand and we got in the stands around 430. 

We need new wind ribbons.

12/31/23

What a beautiful morning 3 mph west wind, clear skies and 31 degrees. Here I am sitting in the pop up at camp stand. I have a bog pod death grip that my crossbow is sitting in, I practiced with it at the house and it really is a game changer for me. Nothing seen in morning. Got to pop up around 330. Wind is non existence coming from west maybe 3 mph. Feeder goes off at 430 which attracts the doves, cardinals and red shouldered blackbirds.

Texas 23-24 archery season

Sitting here in my pop up as the dawn is breaking. I got here about 40 minutes prior to shooting light, wind was from north now from the south which is good for me if any deer show up at feeder

my crossbow

I have a Barnett Whitetail Hunter STR with a Hawke XB1 scope, the scope has a speed dial so after the 20 yd pin is good you step back to 30 and when that has been sighted in you are good up to 100 yds if you can see that good.