What sound do you make?

[Survivor]

I fire 3 rapid shots into the ground and yell I'm over here and you need to find someplace else to hunt! Now I'm just kidding fellows. I don't really yell after I fire the 3 rapid shots.

Seriously I just whistle the bob white call and wave my hand so they can see me.

 

[Dr. Tad Hussein Winslow]

Always the weisenheimers....

 

[Survivor]

Always the weisenheimers....

When you're right you're right. One thing that scares game is the sound of the someone talking.

I once shot and killed a coyote as it came down a trail. I thought the sound of that shot would have ruined any chance of a buck coming down the trail. Well as is often is the case I was wrong. Less than 20 minutes later I shot a good 8 pointer which not only came down the trail but came within 10 yards of the dead coyote. He was looking at the coyote when I dropped him.

I later regretted shooting that nice 8 pointer because the next time I hunted there for a doe (since I had filled my buck tag) I was stillhunting when I heard a deer walking down a trail toward me so I knelt down and waited. It was the biggest 12 point typical I'd ever seen alive. It stopped within 10 yards of me knowing I didn't belong there but still not sure what I was. It didn't take it long to decide it better disappear. So I sure regretted taking that nice 8 pointer.

 

[shootermcgavin]

Steve Martin has the best technique. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qXM0nZq0RA

no no no... you got it all wrong... this is what works best...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMj0t7sds7I

 

[jmiller45]

I once shot and killed a coyote as it came down a trail. I thought the sound of that shot would have ruined any chance of a buck coming down the trail. Well as is often is the case I was wrong. Less than 20 minutes later I shot a good 8 pointer which not only came down the trail but came within 10 yards of the dead coyote. He was looking at the coyote when I dropped him.

I later regretted shooting that nice 8 pointer because the next time I hunted there for a doe (since I had filled my buck tag) I was stillhunting when I heard a deer walking down a trail toward me so I knelt down and waited. It was the biggest 12 point typical I'd ever seen alive. It stopped within 10 yards of me knowing I didn't belong there but still not sure what I was. It didn't take it long to decide it better disappear. So I sure regretted taking that nice 8 pointer.

If you wouldn't have shot the 8pt, you never would have seen that 12pt! That's my luck at least.

 

[RidgeHunter]

[Broken External Image]

"Where you goin' city boy?"

Or...

"You're gonna do some prayin' fer me, boy."

 

[Survivor]

If you wouldn't have shot the 8pt, you never would have seen that 12pt! That's my luck at least.

I have to admit that I really wanted to pull the trigger on that 12 pointer but knew it would go against everything I believe. In difficult situations and temptations what you do next reflects what you believe. I look at the rack of that 8 pointer and am thankful for it and the memory of a great hunt but I don't regret doing the right thing and letting the 12 pointer go his way.