hunter24605
Handloader
- Apr 30, 2016
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Went to a local lake to try to catch some channel cats last night. Heading back to the truck around 1:30 my headlamp crapped out, fumbled around until I found my backup flashlight and dropped it, I heard it roll away. It was cloudy without much moonlight, so it was pitch black. I used the light on the iPhone, but it died rather quickly. Now it’s dark and no way to call out. I tried to find my way through the woods, but got off the path and ended up in a laurel and greenbrier hell hole. I think I was falling further than I was walking. At some point a twig grabbed my glasses and flung them. Oh boy, now I’m really in trouble. Around 3:30 I finally realized further attempts is just dangerous, and got comfy and waited for day break, actually caught some Z’s. Once the sun was peaking over the horizon I could see well enough to get out. I was only about 30’ from the trail, but even if I found it, I wouldn’t have known I was on it. Never did find my glasses or light, and honestly didn’t have the energy to fight back through the thicket and briers looking for them. My legs look like I tried to castrate a bobcat on a phone booth! Through all that I never lost the stringer with 4 channel cats. I’ll admit I was kind of worried about a bear or bobcat thinking my fish would be an easy snack, and thought about tossing them. I had the 2 piece rods broke down, but falling and getting them tangled up lead to 2 of the 3 getting the tips broken off.
