Calamity Jane

The power is in letting go. That is what I have found to be my truth and that is what I will be continuing to pursue in the 2009 season. How much can I let go? I just got a small little taste of what that means in 2008. Now I want a bigger bite. I know there is more on the table to digest and I want it. When I returned from Nationals there were two images that haunted me. One was the bizarre experience of shooting 30 yard poppers by aiming into the berm! The other was coming home and trying on my leopard skinned peep toe pumps that I so desperately wanted to wear with my yellow dress and they didn't fit. I tend to pay attention to thoughts, visions and feelings and then try to figure out what it means to me. For me the message was…aim for something else to get what you really want and think bigger. At first I thought that may mean to shoot for a bigger goal in shooting…like trying for a World Title in 3 years but then I wrote that post above and now I think I know what that something bigger is. I'm going to let go. What does that mean? 1. I'm going to let go of my diary. The diary has been an incredible place for me to develop and grow. I hope others have been inspired, encouraged, and entertained as I've struggled and worked hard at becoming. I will continue to train, but I want to free myself of doing so in the public eye. I'm not going to shut it down completely. I want to post some stepping stones as I continue to train to win and develop skills. Some of those stepping stones would be: A card, Master card, breaking the 2 second bill drill, breaking a 6 second El Prez, winning my class at a major…stuff like that. 2. I'm going to let go of placement and performance goals of any kind. I'm going to free myself up to really move forward. I still want to win. I still want to develop in performance. I still have stepping stone markers of development in mind. I'm just not going to AIM at those things. Remember my 30 yard popper analogy? I think this is where that comes into play. I'm going to ruthlessly train again but this time with focused attention on developing skills. I don't want any distractions with performance goals or placements. I'm going to AIM at mastery of skill. I bet there are some of you LYAO right now thinking I'm making a big mistake. We'll see my friend….we'll see. I've got a hunch about myself. 3. I'm going to allow myself to cross train in shooting. I'm letting go of monogamy to one sport and will explore other shooting avenues. I'm in love with the AR15. I'm going to allow myself to venture into 3 gun. I see myself as a shooter…now I want to become a shootist. I'm excited about the new year and I'm anxious to train again and see what happens. One of the things I will miss is writing in my diary. I really enjoyed expressing my thoughts and sharing my stories. Because I knew I couldn't let go of that….I've set up my own blog. It's called Jane's Devotional Diary. It's stories and thoughts about me that has a spiritual focus. It's not everyone's cup of tea but I'm throwing out the address in case someone may be interested. Here’s the address where you can find me: http://janesdevotionaldiary.blogspot.com/ Best wishes to all! I'll be seeing you at the range in 2009

Private property, private range, .22 conversion kit used in AR, .22 pistols, very few rounds out of the shot gun (to keep noise down). Shot at steel targets with AR and pistol and clay pigeons in the berm with shot gun. Did not shoot for an extended period of time...less than an hour. It wasn't a match...it was more of a testing of equipment and techniques in the dark. OH yeah and did I mention....IT ROCKED! I really liked shooting in the dark. Hmmmm...maybe I should try coon hunting???

I can't stand not talking about it..... 3 gunning in the dark with flash lights on a cold winter night. IT ROCKED!!! IT was AWESOME!!! I'm head over heels in love with the AR15. Nuff said.

He who hesitates.....doesn't get the deer or the gun I'm taking down my 2008 yearly planner calendar and putting up the 2009 one. I'm looking at 3 yearly calendars and analyzing how I have trained over the past 3 years. My first "X" was made in December 2005. For those of you who don't know what I'm talking about...I keep a yearly grease board type calendar in my office and when I dry fire I placed a blue X and when I live fire I place a red X on it. I really hate to say this....but looking at the calendars and knowing where my peak best performances have been over the last 3 years...VOLUME of practice DOES matter for me. I have my best performances coming off a month of every day dry fire or a month of heavy volume live fire....DUH! I also discovered in the 2008 season that interval training of intensity works well for me. I get bored training like the faithful turtle. I like to go hard and then lay off. So...one of my keys in 2009 is to figure out where in the calendar my heavy training is going to be. I'm going to take what I have learned about myself these last few years and come up with an interval training schedule that hopefully gives me performance peaks at the right time. I did a good job peaking myself at the right time in 2008. In August and September I was "there". Now...let's see if I can figure out how to peak more than once a year. I still need to post my "letting go" thing. I think I'm dragging my feet a little because one of the things I'm going to let go of is this diary...and I have periods of doubting that I can do that.

Jane's Amazing Year Well, it's here...New Year's Eve. My mostest favoritest night of the year. Not because of parties or midnight kisses, but because tomorrow is the beginning of a brand new year. A chance to do it over. The older I get the more hopeful I am about getting to complete another year of life. Each year that passes seems to get sweeter and more cherished than the next. I've struggled with how to write this post. There is so much to say...as usual. I re-read my diary last night and I would like to begin with some of my most favorite quotes and posts. "A winner is someone who is just as concerned about who they become as to what they accomplish" Lanny Bassam What are my goals for 2008? What I really want is not some accomplishment on a score sheet. What I really want is an amazing accomplishment as a person. I want to live out the freedom I have so that you can see it. I want to show you my heart with a gun in my hand. Is that so hard to understand??? Now there is a goal that only involves me…perhaps that should be at the top of my ladder. Here's a goal I think we ALL can swallow... To develop the necessary shooting skills that puts me in a position to perform at the level of an A class open shooter. In my mind I've accomplished this and that makes me smile. The most important battles to win are the ones that take place inside of us." Jane Ball I've got an inner child in me and she gets scared and has tantrums much like my son before his big log ride. I couldn't help think this morning that I treat my inner child much like I did Bryan. I've got her in a head lock and we’re going on the ride no matter how much she protests! There are battles that must be won within and I refuse to give in to fear. "I'll never beat anyone until I learn how to beat myself" Calamity Jane I'm proud that I was able to put my inner child in a head lock. It was necessary and I did it. I did need to learn how to beat myself before I could beat others. I figured out my head and unlocked the power from within. This post represents something extremely profound and important to me. This was Calamity Jane standing up on her own and realizing that she no longer needed to explain herself to ANYONE. I've known that in my head for a long time. However, it has finally gotten to my heart. This was a HUGE growth and development achievement for me. You know those moments in life when everything changes...this was one of those moments. Something that I had struggled with all my life (explaining myself to others) finally went away. This moment was a key that unlocked a pretty big door in my life. How cool it all came about through shooting. Does running around with a gun really matter? Nope. But let me tell you what I do think matters. Learning how to fight matters. Learning to face fear matters. Learning to not quit matters. Learning how to use your mental capacities to over come matters. Learning how your spirituality fits into every day of life matters. That is why I am doing this. Shooting is teaching me, molding me, challenging me to develop into the being I was created to be. When it is my turn to face the biggest battle in my life, I will be ready because I have trained in the disciplines necessary to overcome and THAT MATTERS! I will have trained to win. If you take only one thing away from my diary, I hope you take the thought posted above. I decided yesterday that I'm not going to train in fear any longer. BTDTGTT I'm choosing to do something more courageous and not cave into the fear. I told Dave yesterday I could go to church and cry about what I'm suppose to do, or I could go do what I know I'm suppose to be doing. I'm done crying. I'm done second guessing. I'm done with the fear. I'm moving forward with confidence. I've released myself from any expectations of performance at Nationals. I'm simply going to shoot with the love and passion I have for the sport. That's all this is about anyway.....love. I'm going to continue to dry fire and shoot my 1000 rounds a week, but I'm doing it out of love not fear. There's a BIG difference between the two. This was a victory for me. I trained without fear in August which is something I had never done. I had a lot riding on this and I chose to let it go and embrace the love. I think one of the reasons that I was able to keep my composure at Nationals with all the gun trouble was because I was shooting out of love and not expectation or fear. It was an amazing experience and one I wouldn't have had if I didn't make the journey I'm not a girl with a gun. I'm not a sex symbol to be admired. I've said this before and I mean it….when I put that gun on I'm not a woman, I am a shooter. That is the image I choose to embrace. It's that image that allows me to shoot with complete freedom. I'm not bound to the expectation of what a girl with a gun looks like. I'm only bound by my love and passion for a sport that fulfills me. All would be wise to think of me as a shooter and not as a girl I've learned to do so and it has unlocked my shooting in many ways. I've got a clear picture of what I'm to do this year. I feel like it will be the strongest year of my shooting career. This journey will not end in disappointment. It will end with restoration, jubilation, and personal victory. Why? Because I'm going to train to win. This quote came out of my first post. I was still wounded from a dismal performance from the 2007 Limited Nationals and it was imperative to redeem myself from that dreadful, disappointing experience. I did. I have restoration, jubilation and personal vicotry because I have trained to win "I'm greedy to experience something more than just my mortal best." I believe there are serendipitous moments in life where we can experience something beyond what we think we can do. I don't think you can make these things happen. It's a moment beyond your control but when it happens you rise to the occasion and catch a glimpse of the glory inside you that you didn't know was there. For example: I'm sure you have heard stories of men or women who have lifted an automobile off of a person trapped underneath. If they wanted to lift a car they wouldn't be able to do it, but in that moment, under extreme stress, when someone's life depended on it, they were able to achieve and experience something beyond themselves....more than their mortal best AHHHH this leads us to 2009. I've barely tasted the fruit of what I meant in this post but I know there is more to devour, and relish. A succulent mind blowing experience out there waiting to happen to me. How? How do you experience more than just your mortal best? Simple.....let go. I'll talk more about that in my next post. I'm excited about the possibilities of 2009 and look forward to another journey of becoming. This has been an incredible year. I am so grateful to all of you for supporting me in my journey. Thank you. Happy New Year to all my shooting buddies. May 2009 bless you richly! Jane

Just got the sad news I'm sorry about your loss. I looked at your pictures of Winston and my most favorite is the one where he is just about to take a bite of the rose. Winston knew how to take a bite out of life. You were brilliant to capture his spirit on film. Wishing you and Beth healing and comfort in your time of grief. Jane

I've just spent the last 15 minutes getting caught up on this thread...and I really can't decide who can piss the farthest I thought a little comic relief was needed

Working out instead of sitting behind the computer, of course! Glad to see you boys are still at it. You're an inspiration....keep up the good work.

Dave did you notice your medical regimen seems to have "killed" this thread?! Where are all you crossfit junkies?? I haven't worked out in a month and I like to get my exercise vicariously from you crazy people.

As the Cubs always say, "There's always next year." I went out yesterday and sat in "MY" deer stand....the one my brother and nephew both killed deers from. I saw 2 doe 200 yards south of me and that was it. I came home around noon and my brother gave me a call. I told him what happened and he said, "Well are you going to quit?" I said, "I have to quit. I'm out of time. Today I'm painting the kitchen, the carpet cleaners come on Saturday, and the soroity is coming to my house for soup, salad and bunko and I have to clean the house." It was when the word quit came out of my mouth that the tears hit my eyes. My brother said, "Well you gave it a hell of a try." And that was when I had to say good bye and hang up because the tears were wanting to escape. Training to win....is about training to win. That's what I do. I train to win. That doesn't mean I always get what I want or that I always win. It means that I always try to prepare myself to win....in whatever I do. I told one of my buddies...training to win is really a way of life. OK I didn't take my shot. Even though the good Lord put a buck 15 yards straight in front of me with his nose in the air. Unlike last year, I'm not going to let that image haunt me. I'm proud of what I accomplished with hunting this year and I am even MORE prepared to kill a deer next year. I have more of an understanding of hunting, deer, and what I need to do to kill one. Reasons to hold my head up high: I went to the woods BY MYSELF and was not afraid. That is really incredible to me. A year ago, I would have been too afraid to go alone. I was a little creeped out when I sat in a grave yard inside a dark parked truck, but once my boots hit the ground and my shot gun was in my hand....no fear. When the deer snorted at me and pinned me down in the pasture, I was more in a panic of what I should do, it wasn't true fear....however, the handgun in my other hand did bring comfort. Equipment management: I've found a gun that I can shoot and actually like to shoot. I want a Remington model 1100 12 g shot gun in my gun safe! I keep refering to it as "my gun" to my brother and he keeps correcting me that it is HIS gun Anyway, I did what it took to be competent and accuarate with that firearm. With the exception of the gun, I was on my own this year with the other gear. I put my back pack together including: field dressing knife, rope, and other stuff I needed in the field. I purchased camo. I talked to every hunter in Walmart or the sporting goods store that would talk to me. That's how I got my field dressing knife. A friendly hunter went to his car and then gave me his knife! I learned how to get dressed to go hunt....deorderize the clothes and the body, get dressed in the garage, keep hunting clothes sealed up in a bag. I became very comfortable with getting into my tree stand....hoisting the gun...managing the backpack etc. Learning to hunt: I learned that you don't always know the shot you are going to get. Deer like to move. My shot may be while a deer is moving. The shot may be slow and patient or it may need to come quick. Identify my rest positions BEFORE I settle into my stand. If I know where they are, I won't have to waste time and mental energy to figure it out while a deer is in the area. Quite my mind when a deer is in the area....don't try to figure it all out....see deer...shoot deer. I have the skills and I have had the opportunity to shoot a deer. I think I need a little more confidence with the shot gun. I don't have enough rounds through it that make ME FEEL like I can hit where ever I want and killing the deer "clean" is important to me. I am hitting everytime when I practice but I think more time with the shot gun will only make me more comfortable to take the shots I need too to kill a deer.......THEREFORE it is my intent to shoot some 3 gun matches next year. I've purchased a .22 conversion kit, and an adjustable stock to re-do our AR to get ready. Now I NEED a shot gun. I think a summer with shooting 3 gun matchs once a month would do wonders for my confidence with long guns. So that is my training to win plan for deer hunting....shoot some 3 gun in 2009. I want to close with some thoughts on hunting. There's a Christian band called "Need to Breathe". I love the name of their band because I think I know what it means. My favorite part of hunting is the walk from the car to the deer stand. The early morning is SO QUIET. You can hear every sound, every animal. The sky is a jewel studded blanket covering my head. There is something that connects deeply to my soul in those precious minutes. It's like I've been awakened from a dead sleep and I'm more fully alive and aware. It's like taking a deep breath after being held under water. Do you know why I think I feel that way? I think it is because I'm experiencing what God had intended all along....me, him, and the animals. I don't experience moments like that everyday in my busy life but once a year I go to the woods to find it. I have a need to breathe.

That is a beautiful gun! Al, you have wonderful taste and if you want to buy that for me for Christmas, I'll take it Well the good news is my nephew killed his first deer today! His Dad was in a tree climber stand near by and got to watch the entire hunt unfold. It was a Father and son moment that both will remember for the rest of their lives. I'm glad I was there to be a part of it. The bad news is.....I still haven't taken my shot. It's a simple concept....see the deer....shoot the deer!!! I sat in the "funnel" stand. I didn't see or hear any activity untill around 10 o'clock. I was standing up and reaching in my backpack for a granola bar....because honestly I had given up on seeing any deer. I looked out into the woods as I was reaching for my bar and there were 2 deer!! Holy Cow there are 2 doe...nice big doe....so I put the gun up to get a shot...but they move off before I can get a good sight picture. Now I'm really starting to look around and here come 2 more doe. This small doe stops behind a tree and I get a sight picture, but I don't have a good rest and my sight is wobbling. I've got a good sight picture on her left shoulder at about 30 yards but I'm afraid to take it because if I miss it's going to blow my spot. So I don't (I'm an idiot!) So then it's not 5 minutes later and another deer is coming right at me down a deer path. She is about 15 yds in front of me. I've got my gun on her and then the snorting begins. I hear a loud snort. I'm thinking "Is that a buck chasing this doe?? Should I wait and see if the buck is going to come down?" I've got a shot in front right between her legs. Again in my mind I don't know what to do. Is the snorting the buck warning her to get out of there because he knows I'm there...or is the snorting for her because he is coming after her...AGGGHHHHH!!!! My mind is filled with all of this kind of talk and therefore I don't take the shot and she runs off. The more I don't shoot the more I learn about hunting I came home and got up on my practice stand and took 10 shots on paper plates placed throughout the woods. I needed to show myself I can take the shot and hit. I reminded myself I'm shooting a shot gun and it has the tolerance of a pie plate. This is not IPSC shooting...there are no points involved....see the deer...shoot the deer. I'm going back again tomorrow. This is my last chance. I do not have any more time to go out....tomorrow IS IT!!! My mantra is this....see the deer...shoot the deer. I can't believe I'm going out there to sit in the COLD AGAIN!!! The battle is not against the deer...it's against me! Tomorrow, I'm going to try to shut up the voice inside my head...make the conscious quiet and try to allow my subconscious the freedom to take the shot. This deer hunting experience is SO MUCH like when I first starting shooting IPSC!! If I can get my mind to shut up...I might be able to pull off a shot. Everyone please say a prayer that I get ONE last chance to take my shot.

Thanks for the post Brian I've been thinking..... The question....What am I willing to do?....has echoed through my head for many days. The question was meant to apply to deer hunting but I'm asking that question in many other areas of my life as well. What am I willing to do? To get rid of 20 pounds on my body To be successful at work To improve my relationships To deepen my spiritual life What I am willing to do determines my success. What I am not willing to do determines my failure. What am I willing to do?

Yep...that's the way I see it too. My ethics and character continue to be challenged. My Bro calls last night and hints that he wants to put his son in "my" deer stand on Thanksgiving. That would put me on the deer stand my brother calls "a funnel" but I see "the funnel" as not the place to be. My nephew is almost 16 and has never killed a deer either. After ALL MY BROTHER has done for me....what do you think I'm going to do?

I didn't pee again this year at my stand. However, I did put out 3 doe estrus scent wafers around my stand. I had a buck walk right by me and take a great big sniff. I was so startled I hesitated and didn't take the shot he gave me

Yep, it's fun and IT IS BETTER THAN BEING AT WORK!!!! No doubt about that! I went to church today and spoke with a friend of mine who is a hunter. He told me his hunting stories from this year and I told him of my adventure yesterday. During our conversation he said, "You could have shot that buck in the rear. That is a good way to kill them. It tears up their spinal cord and paralyzes them." My internal voice inside my head said, "I'm not going to shoot a deer in the A$$!" Good thing the internal voice wasn't audible! That converation has led me to this question, "Does it matter to me HOW I kill a deer?" The answer is "Yes" . What I haven't figured out is WHY it matters to me. I think my last step in preparing to take my shot is to think through taking the shot. What am I willing to do?

[smart-ass nursing student mode on] Aren't you Foley trained? :devil: [smart-ass nursing student mode off] (Smart-ass RN mode on) Yes I am. However, I can't put one in because if I get an infection my insurance won't pay for that. (smart-ass RN mode off) Everyone DOES realize this thread is a year old...right??

Went out for real thing this morning. The moon and stars were beautiful. Stalking into the woods at night is my most favorite thing about hunting. I had little hope of getting to my stand without being heard. There was hardly any wind and even I could hear every sound made in the woods....dogs barking miles away, the owl screeching, the rooster crowing. It was pretty cool. As I was stalking across a frosted pasture a deer (I assume a buck) snorted at me...3 times! The first snort, I stopped, I thought I've been busted, so I waited and then took a few more steps and then I heard the second snort. Clearly this guy was ticked off. I waited a minute and then tried to take 4 more steps...the third snort was more distant and from more behind me. I wanted to call my brother on my cell phone and ask, "OK I'm in the middle of a pasture and a buck is snorting at me. I think I'm pinned down...what do I do?" Instead I put my .38 special in my hand and the shot gun in the other to comfort me I had visions of being a victum of deer violence...after all I was draging a scent rag behind me. I did a good job getting to my stand without getting hot. I got up there and settled in. Sat there 2 hours in the cold and then I had quite a surprise. A young buck STALKED ME! I was just sitting there and he walked right by me in the pasture I was facing. My deer stand is at the edge of a woods. I'm sitting facing the pasture, but I have woods behind me that gives me many shots if the deer are there. At first I thought this young buck was a big doe, so I'm looking behind to find the buck. Then I see that he has some antlers (small). He stops 15 yards in front of me (a perfect shot for me from where I am at) puts his nose up in the air and takes a big sniff. He has no idea I'm there. Right then and there was when I should have brought the gun up and taken the shot immediately but I was afraid to make that rapid of a movement and draw his attention to me. So he turned and started walking away from me...butt to me...and I didn't get another shot opportuntiy. IRONICALLY he walked away from my scent wafers and me and walked directly to my target stand from LAST YEAR! Sheesh these deer are annoying!!! Sat there another hour and 3 doe come bounding over the hill with a young buck (very young buck) chasing them. The does are fluttering all over the pasture in play but never really stop and give me a good shot...they are also a little too far away. The young buck gives me a beautiful shot but he is standing on a hill with sky line behind him....can't take that shot....don't have a backstop So there you have it...saw 2 buck, 3 doe, was snorted at 3 times, got cold, had a shot at a buck and missed it because of hesitation and inexperience. I'm getting closer to getting a deer. It's going to happen.

No man...I did the "dear" on purpose. It was supposed to be like....Dear Abby....as in writing a letter for advice (I thought it was clever twist of words)....but if whoever feels better with changing it to "deer"....OK.

Oh MAN....You are kill'in me! No I haven't done any research on how to process the deer once I get it! I was going to have it all ground up in hamburger form I thought I had everything covered: Competent and safe with 12 g shot gun with 100 yd kill zone......check Tree stand safety (harness, lifting gun)......check Deorderize body, gear, scent wafers, drag cloth......check Warm clothing that wicks moisture.....check Camo......check Understanding stalking.....check Tracking deer (have my orange tape to mark trail).....check Field dressing deer (have practiced with brother on buck he killed this week, have knife)....check Identified how to transport deer (truck to use, tagging the deer, location of check in station)....check Identified where to take deer to process......check Knowing what I want out of the meat GRRRRRR. I'm going anyway and if I see what I want I'm shooting it.

Last weekend I went out in the rain for a practice run. Tomorrow I'm hunting for real. However, I have a few more questions. 1. If I kill one and it drops near my tree stand, is it better to drag it out and field dress it at a different location? Will deer guts around my hunting area detract deer movement from future (as in next week) hunting at that location? 2. Do I have to field dress it? Can I check it in and then take it directly to the meat processing place and not gut it? I met a hunter in Walmart tonight and that is what he does. It's going to be in the 30's tomorrow. 3. What's the best way to get into my stand without getting hot? I know to walk slow and unzip everything. Any other advice? I know if I get hot and start sweating I'm going to FREEZE sitting there waiting for my deer to come by. I think that's it.

I got a call at work from my brother around 1230 telling me he shot a buck and he was taking it to my house to field dress. I told him to wait for me I was leaving work and would be there in an hour to help him. Come to find out...he shot this buck from the deer stand he and I set up last week. We thought that was going to be a good spot...and it was. I helped him field dress it since I'm a UTUBE expert deer field dresser I learned today that I can dress a deer by myself it I need to. I'm ready....going hunting this weekend.

Deer Update I went to my practice stand on Saturday morning. I sat in a steady rain and my rain gear had total failure. Once I got wet...that was it. I think my experience on Saturday was excellent practice. It's made me more confident. I think I'm ready to stalk to my REAL deer stand where I know there are deer lurking. I'm hoping to get out there this week. I've done my work with preparation...now it will be up to circumstance and good fortune to get my deer. Riley Match Today We had our last match at Riley today (WVPPS). It was COLD!! BRRRR! The funniest thing happened to me. I'm on a lay off so I haven't touched the gun since our last Riley match a month ago. I get my inner belt to put it on...and I can't remember the way I like to fasten it on my body. I do it the same way each time...and I can't remember how It was bizarre! Then I go to the safe table and put on my gun. As I'm walking back to the car the gun feels so WEIRD in the holster next to my body! It gets better. I shoot the entire match and then on the LAST stage I realize I haven't put the shooting glove on my left hand!!! I knew I didn't have very good control of the gun, and I was feeling my fingernails being pushed into my left palm....but it never occured to me that I didn't have my glove on until the very last stage. My brain is certainly on LAY OFF mode. I'm pleased that this season is over. I'm looking forward to 2009. My goals for 2009: Show Up Shut Up Shoot That's it. I'm even going to make a hat that says it. My husband and many that know me don't believe that I can shut up BUT I am going to make every effort to do so. There's some other stuff that I'm going to work on in 2009...but the heart of it is SSS. Once deer season is over, I'm going to wrap up the summary of this year, share my goals for 2009, and then probably put this diary to bed.

Yep, good job! Actually boys...it was your posts (Z and Catfish) that put my buns in the tree stand this morning. I've got more hunting ahead of me over the next 15 days and I'm looking forward to it. Today just wasn't my day.

I was in my deer stand at sunrise with a loaded shot gun across my lap, steady rain, cold, windy....no deer were seen. I've decided YOU CAN hunt in the rain but in the future I'm choosing not to do so. Cold...OK...windy...OK...snow...OK.... steady rain...NO GO. I don't have the right equipment to keep me dry in a tree stand...nuff said.

Just to clarify the weather concern...here is my forecast for tomorrow Tonight: rain. Lows around 40. North winds 5 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph after midnight. Chance of rain 90 percent. Saturday: breezy, cloudy. Rain showers likely until midday, then chance of rain showers and snow showers in the afternoon. Little or no snow accumulation. Highs in the lower 40s. North winds 15 to 25 mph. Chance of precipitation 60 percent.