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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
February 12, 2009
It was a mile to the tall oak tree and the ladder stand backed up against the cypress swamp.
The ladder flexed and creaked complaint with every new hold, every step higher. Twenty feet above the ground, where the seat rested against the tree, I made a slow turn, removed my backpack and bolted a....