Rainy Hunt

                            Well today was a rather comical day of hunting. At about three o’clock I’m sitting home studying for an upcoming test, when my brother arrives at the house. He comments, “aren’t you going out hunting” I replied, “no, it’s raining and we are getting severe thunder storm warnings until five pm. He teasingly throws a sarcastic comment at me,” what are you afraid of a little rain?” I said “no but the deer are.”

            So he proceeds to prep for the hunt, it takes him a few minutes as I look on. Within a short while the winds begin to pick up, so my mom and I go out and secure the pool cover. It continues to get darker, and windier. The rains begin to get heavier, and I see my dad come in from splitting wood. He asks, “Where is your brother? I respond, “Sitting out in the woods.” He said “you better text him and see if he wants you to pick him up, there is lightning out there.” I attempt to communicate with him but there is no response to the text messages I send him, nor does he answer when I attempted to call. We are now in a full blown heavy storm with high winds, a heavy down pour of rain, and lightning.

            For a short time we were consumed with worry; this quickly changed to laughter when the door bust open and my completely drenched, out of breath, just shy of angry brother fly’s in the room. The more I laughed the less sense of humor he seemed to have. The jokes just started to come out of my mouth. I was on a roll, I couldn’t stop myself. I will have enough material to take me through both Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner.

            This storm is crazy, as disappointed as so many hunters must be, the deer must be getting a kick out of this. How do you get all the hunters out of the woods? Throw a little thunder and lightning at them with the possibility of a tornado. I guess the deer get a reprieve today, a so called time out.

            Well tomorrow is another day. As they say “the sun will come out tomorrow”. Eventually, every hunter will have that one perfect day. Just enjoy the hunt, and remember, “a bad day hunting is still better then a good day at work”