Think I've gone crazy!

[RadSav]

In two hours I head for the airport.  Got my HotMocks and extra warmers packed.  The Oompa Loompa suit in the duffle, every pair of gloves I could find,  all my polar weight long johns, every wool hat and neck gaiter I could muster up and finally shot a couple arrows through my bow and put it in the maybe airline proof case!  Yep, that's right...headed to the WI/Canada boarder for some whitetail rut action!

I cancelled every hunt scheduled for this year except this one.  And after talking with some friends up there I can not for the life of me understand what I was thinking.  Calling for temperatures around 10 degrees in the first half of the week with a possibility of temperatures reaching -10 by weeks end!  Even worse is the idea of sitting in a treestand for five or straight days

I guess I expected this trip to match my failing health level.  Thought all of my business issues would be far in the distant past.  All new products would be completed and all ATA show obligations would be done.  Boy did I get most of that wrong   After 18 months all the broadhead outsourcing is finally going right.  Most everything coming in while I am gone.  Our loss of Bowtech as a customer forced us to look at new ways to expand our market share...that means new products, new colors and new packaging.  All looking to be done while I am gone.  Of course all this changes our display for the ATA show which means new booth, flooring and product displays.  When will all the graphics be ready for approval?  Yep, this week   And as far as health is concerned, I'm not so sure frostbite, cramps and what is sure to be waffle buck/backside is going to be doing me any favors.

I must be going crazy, because with everything coming to a head this week I'm still going to America's Frozen Dairy State   Them Badgers keep filling my imagination of monster bucks chasing does out of the untouched wilderness to the north.  I keep imagining that I can actually draw and shoot my bow with 20 pounds of Thinsulate frozen to a metal seat 15' above the ground.  That I can sit still in a treestand long enough that some love struck buck will walk past without seeing me.  And that when I do get a shot I can actually get the string past 4" of down filled Sitka Incinerator jacket arms and make the opportunity count!  I imagine a good shot, a short blood trail and kneeling beside a dead whitetail so impressive that I might change my attitude toward whitetails forever.

Yep...I think I just booked a seat on The Crazy Train!

[Eli346]

 Take me! I'd love to get that kind of crazy. Good luck, safe passage.

[bobcat]

I hope you have a great hunt!

[bearpaw]

Hope you harpoon a giant, good luck! 

[PlateauNDN]

Sounds like pregame jitters, drink some Gatorade and get in the game.

[BOWHUNTER45]

Good luck Rad ...Hope you get something huge to show 

[Jingles]

Best of luck on a successful and memorable hunt

[D-Rock425]

Good luck radsav.

[blackveltbowhunter]

Good luck!

[buddy01]

You  think your crazy but your a confident hunter, with a game plan . work will be there when you get back.I still have to  wait 2 weeks, before whitetail hunting, I think I'am going crazy. Happy hunting.

[Watimberghost]

Some say women make you do crazy things... I've never found myself miles into the wilderness trying to wether sideways rain at near freezing temps for multiple days because of a woman, haha. Those big bucks can turn your mind inside out! Good luck rad! Hope you craziness is validated with a massive northern whitetail!!

[lokidog]

Have fun and good luck.  I remember one cold winter morning in a tree stand near Ladysmith in northern, WI... the radio reported -21 degrees F, I took my dive watch off because it was freezing my wrist, hung it on a branch and IT STOPPED!  The battery froze in it.  Not a deer was moving in that weather, though it was after the rut during the gun season.

Sounds like you are not going to be in one of those fancy pants treestands that has a roof, walls, and even a heater.  My parents have a few of these type built on their property. 

[4fletch]

Good hunting good luck , a small thermos of soup , stew could be a comfort in the stand

[jasnt]

That's one hunt I wouldn't cancel.  With the rut kicking in and such cold temps those big monster bucks will be putty for some does. Good luck. Don't forget a seat cussion. Even if your stand has one you'll be glad to have extra

[sakoshooter]

I wish ya the best of luck ol timer.
Where are ya going as WI doesn't share much border w/Canada.
From northern WI myself.