Pennsylvania Game News - November 2022 - 5

THE
TREE
BY FREDDIE MCKNIGHT
M
OST ARCHERS have their spot -
the one special place they return to
year after year, drawn back by memories
of past experiences and the potential for
new ones.
I had one years ago that I ultimately lost
to a timbering operation. More recently, I
found one when I wasn't even expecting it.
While scouting a small stream for trapping
possibilities some incredible buck
sign caught my attention.
Tree after telephone pole-sized tree
was absolutely shredded, and there were
plenty of scrapes, too.
The rubs followed two different lines.
One ran west along the edge of a
shallow ditch leading from the small
stream; the other ran north and south
along what once was a fencerow dividing
two private properties, before the state
bought both.
I paused to consider the situation,
concentrating on the intersection of the
two rub lines. Any stand covering the
spot would be a good one. The trouble
was, most of the trees were way too big
to accommodate my climber, and I didn't
want to advertise the spot's potential by
putting a more-permanent stand here.
There was, though, a single small hickory
tree snuggled in against several larger
ones. It was just large enough to support
my trusty Loggy Bayou - provided I
cinched the band to its smallest fitting.
I could get about 8 feet off the ground
before limbs would block me out, but
there was enough background cover
to conceal me from any direction deer
likely would come. Any shots would be
close, though. With low-growing brush all
around, there would be no opportunities
beyond 28 yards, at most.
Running trail cameras at the spot the
following summer never produced a
single image of a buck. I hunted other
areas early in the season, hunting the spot
first on Oct. 25.
Quietly making my way through the
woods, I noted several good rubs, then a
pair of scrapes within 10 feet of my stand
tree's base. One scrape was really fresh;
the pungent smell of a rutting buck hung
heavy in the air.
Attaching my stand and safety-harness
ONE SINGLE, SPECIAL HUNTING SPOT
NOVEMBER 2022
5

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