I saw a great 8 point on Sunday evening in a cut milo field 1/4 mile away. Got down from the stand just before dark and tried to get closer for a shot, and when finally getting there, it was past shooting time.
Went back to a stand I had on that fence row on Monday morning and had him come out to the east at 300+ yds. He had a doe, and never got close enough for a shot before going across the road.
Monday evening, about 15 minutes before dark, he came trotting from the north at 200+ yds. I had a small opening in some overhanging limbs and waited until he cleared them and pulled the trigger.......attempted to pull the trigger.....safety still on, and he trotted away safely. I was really Po'd with myself.
Bundled up this morning, and got in the stand. Just about 0630 the big 8 point I've been hunting on the DMAP property came out with a doe and milled around the cut milo field.
I can see now how they can be so hard to kill.
The doe would feed, and wander. The buck would be bedded down in the milo with only his head sticking out. they weren't 100 yds from a road. He would let her get about 50 feet away, and stand up, move closer and flop right back down. Somebody driving by would only focus on the doe and never think to look at the buck bedded down.
Interesting lesson.
the tree I was in was shaking in the wind, and the buck was at 200 yds. Not a hard shot, but with the wind, and the fact they kept working my way, I held off shooting him. When they got to 150 yds, I had the cross hairs on him but only had a frontal shot. All of a sudden he snapped his head to the north, got a whiff of something, and bolted. I was po'd, but later this afternoon, put a pop up blind a couple hundred yards east, and waited for him to show up again. He showed up, but shooting time expired, and just watched him walk the field, cross the road, and disappear.
I'll be there in the morning waiting on him. ;D
Anybody focused on one deer?
Went back to a stand I had on that fence row on Monday morning and had him come out to the east at 300+ yds. He had a doe, and never got close enough for a shot before going across the road.
Monday evening, about 15 minutes before dark, he came trotting from the north at 200+ yds. I had a small opening in some overhanging limbs and waited until he cleared them and pulled the trigger.......attempted to pull the trigger.....safety still on, and he trotted away safely. I was really Po'd with myself.
Bundled up this morning, and got in the stand. Just about 0630 the big 8 point I've been hunting on the DMAP property came out with a doe and milled around the cut milo field.
I can see now how they can be so hard to kill.
The doe would feed, and wander. The buck would be bedded down in the milo with only his head sticking out. they weren't 100 yds from a road. He would let her get about 50 feet away, and stand up, move closer and flop right back down. Somebody driving by would only focus on the doe and never think to look at the buck bedded down.
Interesting lesson.
the tree I was in was shaking in the wind, and the buck was at 200 yds. Not a hard shot, but with the wind, and the fact they kept working my way, I held off shooting him. When they got to 150 yds, I had the cross hairs on him but only had a frontal shot. All of a sudden he snapped his head to the north, got a whiff of something, and bolted. I was po'd, but later this afternoon, put a pop up blind a couple hundred yards east, and waited for him to show up again. He showed up, but shooting time expired, and just watched him walk the field, cross the road, and disappear.
I'll be there in the morning waiting on him. ;D
Anybody focused on one deer?
