Bow Season — I Got Stumped

Up at four. In the stand by five. Glassing the treeline at first light, when everything out there is the same colour and nothing has edges yet.

And there it is. Antlers. Tall ones, wide ones, standing perfectly still at the edge of the timber, exactly where you said they would be.

You do not move for eleven minutes. You range it. You check the wind. You get your release on the string and you wait for it to take one more step.

It does not take one more step. It has never taken a step. It is a dead tree, and it has been a dead tree since before you were born.

Then you nock an arrow anyway, because the light is still coming up and the season is young and the next one might be real.

Printed to order on a mid-weight unisex tee. Black only — the artwork is built for it. Relaxed retail fit, true to size.

Product information: Bella+Canvas 3001, 2 year warranty in EU and Northern Ireland as per Directive 1999/44/EC

Warnings, Hazard: For adults, Blank product sourced from Honduras

Care instructions: Machine wash: cold (max 30C or 90F), Non-chlorine: bleach as needed, Tumble dry: low heat, Iron, steam or dry: medium heat, Do not dryclean