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🗓️ 14 April 2023
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Dan is a hunter. His favorite place in the world is his deer stand: a platform 20 feet up in an ancient tree. One day, Dan is sitting up in the tree when he sees something that changes his life forever.
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2:31.8 | even a flask of Kentucky's finest to help you pass the time in your gun. |
2:41.8 | Track over hill and day out to your secret spot, the special place only you and your boys |
2:48.8 | know about. Then you leave right there against your tree, still silent. Wait. But maybe you hear the |
2:52.8 | underbrush crackle before you actually see the creature. |
3:02.8 | Wary, suspicious wild, you're not going to be able to see the creature. |
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