Back in the Game!
As of August 20th I was back to work from my nearly 9 weeks of leave from work. Its been slow going only 2 weeks off crutches but doing good. I have been going to physical therapy a little more then a month now and I am a firm believer that physical therapy works. I went from -5 degrees of movement to over 12% in only 3 weeks. I still have a limp to my walk and really have to stretch out and have a nice warm shower to get ready for the day, but doesn't take much to get me going.
Because of this "No fun summer" I have not been in the woods or on the water at all this summer. Once my cast was off I was shooting my bow as often as I could, to get ready for archery season to begin. Not even sure if I was going to be able to hunt or not I needed to do something. Being stuck in a chair all summer can really wear on a mans soul. I had one day on my way home from a doctors appointment that I caught myself getting emotional over looking at the hills I hunt and hike so often and not knowing if I would be able to enjoy them the way I once did. Thank god for my wonderful wife reassuring me that this situation was only temporary and I would be back on those hill sides once again. Well she was right, I plan to be in the woods tomorrow for the Pa. Archery opener. I may not be running up those hills and doing any deep woods hunting this year, but I know one thing I'll be in the woods.
I have not had the opportunity to do any scouting of any kind this year. I do know one thing is for sure I have a couple of great friends Matt and Jared, that have helped me out with my scouting, by putting my trail camera out and locating spots I wont have as much trouble getting to. I just hope there extraordinary effort wont go unrewarded. I don't plan to start my season with the sun rise sadly not feeling comfortable and quite ready to tackle the dark unforgiving woods. I don't believe my ankle could handle it quite yet. So i have decided to start my season with the mid day sun, taking my time to one of the places I love the most, in the deer woods!
Here is a video John sent me while I was layed up I thought was very good!
I can relate to this an a lot of ways!
