Sitting in My Personal Space

My one hour sitting session in my Personal Space was almost a non-event.  I got there right at 0700 hours.  I have some fairly significant hearing loss, so hearing anything clearly is sometimes a crap shoot for me.  So I sat.

The wind is blowing fairly consistently, but it's a mile breeze at best today.  I'm getting fly-by's from a bee who is just checking me out.  I can hear the birds are on high alert since I've been moving about on in the woods, and a medium sized rabbit just scared the hell out of me, jumping from the brush.  I'd say it's a better description to say that we scared the hell out of each other.  It's time to cool down and settle in.

The more still you sit, the more relaxed nature becomes, and will soon move on with it's business, almost like I'm not even there.  The smell of pine and decaying pine needles is strong, which means that theres an  abundant amount of fire tinder.

This time of day, critters are starting to move around and look for food.  The wind is blowing from the Southeast.

Squirrels do not seem to be as easily alarmed to the presence of humans as that rabbit was.  This may indicate that they will be easier to hunt.  Small ants (carpenter ants) are moving around everywhere, and I just noticed a large Fire Ant bed approximately 10 yards away.  Gotta steer clear of that.

You can hear birds, but haven't been able to see any, other than an occasional hawk flying overhead.  The movement of the leaves from the wind tends to distort the use of peripheral vision, but this may actually assist me in my own camo when hunting.

I'm also scouting a sapling for my primative spear.  Unfortunately, I haven't seen any that grow very straight.  Making this spear may be harder than I originally thought.

There is a chronic "hum" just north of my position.  Going to go check this out (later turned out to be a plywood mill approximately 1 mile from my position).

Brush in my personal space tends to be evergreens (Pine), so standard woodland camo or multicam may fit the bill for hunting.  Ground cover, however, is mostly tan, so neutral earth toned clothing may be a better choice to not be so obvious to others.

There are little native grasses under the canopy.  There is a seasonal creek that runs through the property.  I can hear some water movement from south to north.  Will follow the north side to see if a larger annual creek is nearby (later found this to be the case, approximately 1/2 mile north of my position).  Deer tracks are all pointed north, interestingly.  However, I noticed that the amount of pine needles on the ground is going to making tracking quite difficult.

It is difficult to determine the direction of birds when they are calling.  Whether this is just from my own hearing loss is unknown.

Not seeing alot of obvious sources for possible cordage; will need to look closer at this.  There are some thorny vines growing throughout - I may dry some of this out and see how it holds up.  I can always strip green bark from young saplings and weave cordage from this, but I believe it will burn a tremendous amount of calories.

Ground squirrels should be fairly easy prey.  One came within 15 feet of me sitting still.  He stopped and just looked at me.  I sat still until he relaxed and went about his business foraging.  This animal never left the immediate area, even after I intentionally moved to get his attention.  I must have seen at least 5 in one hour.

There are many saplings and plenty of shade.  It will be easy to stay out of the heat.  I question rain and mosquitoes.