Lloyd's Last Day on Stand

Mike Lloyd checks in from the stand...

I decided to give it one last go before  the season was over.  I knew going in that it was going to be cold...and cold it 
was.  When I arrived at my stand around noon, it was 15 degrees.  I had on many layers of clothing and a pack full of hand warmers to keep me from being too  uncomfortable. I did see deer early feeding and bedding around my stand. With a buck and doe tag still in my pocket, I would take anything that moved.  As I sat there I could feel the cold creeping in.   I was trying  my best not to think about it.  When I left my stand that night I did not even get the chance to draw my bow back.  Was I bummed?  Nope!  It was still a great day to be in the woods, sitting on stand one last time.