Modern conveniences make it less likely for hog enthusiasts to make business decisions at a deer stand.

FAYETTEVILLE, AR. “It’s easier to remember than what happened at dinner yesterday.”

Lying in bed under my vintage NFL double blanket, I couldn’t sleep. All I had to do was look out my bedroom window, which would be blocked by a small Christmas tree for the next few weeks, and imagine that moment.

It would certainly be a giant buck, the granddaddy of all those deer of various sizes that my father, uncles, and grandparents had killed over the years. When the time comes, will I, a teenager, have the strength to hold on and pull the trigger?

Meanwhile, my father, perhaps a foot away from my head, on the other side of the wall, was probably struggling with his insomnia problems. These father-son moments came with all sorts of pressure.

Youngsters can be impatient, so if the buck takes much longer to wander, his son may lose patience and interest, begging to come home before his two-month lunch has passed. Or worse, what if someone showed up just in time to break for lunch, standing within 100 yards broadside so that even the youngest hunter couldn’t miss?

It can be a real mess. The Razorbacks were riding high after a big win over Houston in Little Rock and would find themselves in a rare but valuable Raycom slot the next day.

If his son had to kill a deer and they had to drag it all the way to the truck, he would have to cut it close to get to his parents’ house, where the whole family dressed everything that was harvested before storing them in a series. family is deeply frozen in a shed in the backyard.

He’ll just have to miss most of the game. After all, there was a lifetime of SWC games to watch, and since Ken Hatfield led the Razorbacks to 10-win seasons like it took very little effort, he will be the coach forever or until Frank Broyles will not step down as athletics director or name Hatfield to succeed him.

Moments like this don’t happen often. However, if it happened later that day and there was an opportunity to leave in time to eat his mother’s lucky chicken and get a good spot on the couch to watch the game, would he have the strength to hold steady and pull the trigger?

At this rate, none of them will fall asleep. And on Friday evening there will be many sleepless boys, girls and nervous fathers. Of course, Razorback games on TV are a dime a dozen these days, and the Hogs aren’t coming off a 10-win season in which Arkansas fell short against Miami for a possible national championship game and then a repeat appearance, but with an 11 a.m. start against hated Ole Miss, the window is even tighter.

Plus, Arkansas coach Sam Pittman is on the verge of earning his fourth bowl call in five seasons, and Razorbacks fans love to beat Lane Kiffin. Besides, the Rebels lose in Fayetteville about as often as teenagers lose their headphones.

As cooling air and youth hunting usher in what many Arkansans call true deer season, even though muzzleloader season and bow season technically get the party started early, business decisions will be made this Saturday. How long will dads sit on the deer stand before it gets too close to the start of the match for their child to knock down almost everything that comes out?

One thing that helps is the DVR capabilities and streaming capabilities on phones. Those with such capabilities have the luxury of sticking an earphone in one ear and pretending they’re listening to something other than squirrels and birds rustling in the underbrush.

Those who don’t will have to suffer trying to avoid social media and be careful not to start a truck with an incorrectly tuned radio. It can ruin your whole day.

However, these people are few and far between, although Arkansas has more of them than most states. It’s a completely different world, and it’s one of the few things that is better now than before social media came along.

Now fathers can hold on tight and not miss an important moment in either sports or family life. They can soak it all in until the child either gets nervous, loses interest, or runs out of the many gas station snacks scattered across the bottom of the deer stand.

Be that as it may, life experience should no longer be lost on either father or child. And that’s enough for at least one of them to get a good night’s sleep on Friday night.

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