Camp Work Day Part Two

The second camp work day began at 8:00 a.m. Thankfully, the weather failed to live up to the hype that was the rest of the summer. Temperatures didn't reach 100 degrees, and the sun stayed behind a thick blanket of clouds for the most part. I have a couple of before and after shots related to the work. Below is a shot of the campsite area. There are a number of abandoned outbuildings around the camp site, the utility of which is unknown. On the first camp work day, we cleared out a tangle of brush around this building. The new site will serve as the home of our new skinning rack.

Bill and Jay starting digging the holes for the post (3 feet deep in hard clay), while Justin and I constructed the actual rack. A couple of 12 foot posts, a 10 foot post cut in half, some hardware, and we were done.

Jay and Justin are putting the final touches (of the day) on the rack. We plan to improve on it by adding a roof.

Jay also helped me put together a shooting platform. I pre-cut all the parts at my house, and assembled them all in the field. It was simply too heavy to tote all the way from Brandon. Every piece fit perfectly. I am pretty proud of it if I say so myself. The picture below is the spot off Pond Circle Road where I put the platform. Before:

After:

It's eight feet high, six feet wide, and six feet deep. It's also pretty stable, so long as you aren't dancing on it. Materials total about $90. My 5' x 5' pop up blind should fit perfectly in the middle of it. That pop up blind sits two comfortably. This will be the main stand I use when my kids come with me.

Below is the view you see from the platform to the right. You have about fifty yards line of sight down this trail on both sides. Not a bad place to catch a deer slipping by.