Thursday, February 22, 2024

Sunrise-chill!

 
Sunrise-chill!
 
Just might –not be too-smart chasing the
wily whitetail-buck on his turf but…I am a deer hunter.
 
Dawn had found me shivering-cold in a tree-stand
some twelve-feet above the frozen ground several-feet
from a game trace, too indistinct to be called a-path,
 my warm-breath like fog on any rainy Frisco day!
 
That same pink-blush kind-of-day brought just
enough illumination to imagine three grey-ghost wraiths
right under my stand; a trio of does heading to a day-
time bedding ground. The full-“rut” was in full swing;
a mossy-horn big-buck couldn’t be far-behind.
 
But, a day blossomed with a slow-to-rise cold
golden-globe of-sun breaking the eastern-horizon;
“no”-show on the expected trophy dominated the scene.
 
He might have picked-up my-scent; who knew?
 
The sweetness of a hunt is in the adventure of pursuit;
 trophies adorn-walls; memoires soar the Spirit!
 
Harvesting a game-animal in fair-chase ends the
 delicious adventure. Such is the credo of a true-hunter!
 
Amen!

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