Hey guys, with all the talking about hunting. I got a story to add to it. This happen to my uncle backed in 1998 in California. My uncle and his hunting party went hunting in California, not sure which part of the wood it was, but the forest had to be big. My uncle they hunted till a sunday and when it was time to come home he couldn't find the way home. He said he wonder off a little futher than usually and when he turned back. Everything looked different. He couldn't remembered which way he came, so he turned back around and headed towards the different he came from. Every turn he made, he didn't recognized any of the surroundings. Night came as the sun settles in the west and the sky became darker by the minutes. The hunting party looked for him and call out to him, but he didn't answer back. They searched and searched, but found nothing. They waited till the next day and searched again, but with no avail they couldn't find him. My uncle wandered off into the deep forest for three days. What he ate in those three days will never know because I forgot to ask him or I don't remembered that part. He said he was trying to get out of the forest by following the sun's coordination, but it seems like he was coming to the same spot. Everything was different. The corners looked different at every turn and he was really lost. He would sleep under a tree with his rifle on his chest just incase something came out to get him. On the third day, the hunting party came home and called the ancestors to help them. They promised a chicken or a pig if the ancestor help the uncle find the way out. Then hours later in the forest, my uncle heard a sound and looked up. He spotted a deer in front of him. For some reason, his heart told him to follow the deer and he did. The deer did not run really fast not slow. It sort of walked in a pace where my uncle won't be able to shoot it. So my uncle followed the deer to the boundary of the forest and the deer ran away. My uncle then looked at the surrounding and realized where he was. He went back to camp and came home with the hunting party. Since that day, he never went hunting ever again. Some say, it was the forest spirit who teased him and wouldn't let him out, but others say he might of forgot where he was going. I say it might be the forest spirits because this also happened to me once.
I went hunting last year with my buddies and I have never been there before. We went there on thursday and they showed me where I will be sitting for deer. So the next morning, I followed the small flashing tic tacs and got to the tree, but as I looked up the tree I was at the wrong one. So i retraced my steps and went to another tree. I got the the tree and found it was the wrong tree. Then I finally found the tree when dawg breaks and the light was already coming up. I waited in the tree for 3 hours and nothing came so I went to look for a deer. Man, was I wronged. Never ever go wandering around for deer in a place you have never been too. I went north passed the 8 ft shrubs into the pine tree forest then saw a female doe. Chased it further up the made a left turn. I went back south, and I ended up in a spot I did not know. Heard white people talking in the distance, so I turned the other way. I got lost for 45 minutes untilI finally found my tree stand. I walked back to the main road but as I got the the main road it didnt looked like it was the main road. It was so different so I went back to the tree where my stand was at. I retraced my steps slowly to get back at the main road, but I was still confused so I said in my mind " Who ever is blocking me or messing with me better not fuk with me . I said some hmong words then 5 minutes later I found the main road again. I was pissed off and learned my lesson. Always bring a GPS or a compass. More stories coming up.