Bowhunters love to talk shop, McAninch said, discussing the newest equipment and technology on the market the way golfers talk about their clubs and swings.
But even then, the pursuit remains “a solitary activity. One of the things that a lot us feel is that the time a hunter spends on a bowhunting stand is some of best time of his life. It’s not a social sport, although Paul is known to text from his stand.”
Those texts are delivered, traditionally, from 15 to 20 feet off the ground, the height at which most bowhunters will seek to bind their platforms to what they hope are strongly-rooted trees.
White-tailed deer are only in season for four months across most of the northern and eastern states, usually from mid-September through early January, meaning Ryan will miss out on the bulk of this year’s schedule.
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