I was up early and finished Fried Walleye and Cherry Pie, starting on Brief Encounters edited by Judith Kitchen. Walleye got a little better, we'll see about Encounters.
Temperatures were cool, with quite a bit of fog. This looked good for the afternoon if it continued. It wasn't forecast to, however.
We left earlier than the previous mornings so that Will could be dropped off at school, then Rick, Rob and I went and fed stands. In contrast to the previous day, most of the stands had been hammered hard overnight. I guess after a night without eating, the hogs were now ready to eat.
By starting early, we were back at the lodge early for some serious lollygagging. I just don't do sitting around and relaxing well. Through the early afternoon the fog burned off, clouds mostly dissipated and temperatures rose to the mid-70's. Normally warm temperatures are nice on vacation, but not so much on hog hunts.
Soon enough it was time to get ready and head out. I was dropped off at the Sandy Bottom stand - which I was totally geeked about since it consistently looked good and the box blind it had would be very easy to stay comfortable.
It took a few minutes to get comfortable, but once situated I settled down to watch the corn pile. Time passed relatively quickly, but there was little activity. The box blind was quite warm and the only thing moving appeared to be the lizards. They scampered around the inside of the blind and I could hear them at times running around on the outside as well.
I had high hopes as it started to get dark. But nothing showed. The mosquitoes took over the inside of the box blind, which made the waning minutes of the evening a bit painful.
I walked out to the road and was picked up a short time later. Nobody had seen any pigs, just a few deer, turkeys and one bunny. It was a quiet night all around.
We headed back to the lodge and sat down to eat lasagna, before turning in for the night - hopeful that the warm weather forecasts change, or the pigs start moving earlier anyway.
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