Post by tedicast on Nov 15, 2007 21:02:48 GMT -5
Yesterday was out shotgun/rifle opener. I get into my honey hole in the state forest I hunt 1/2 hour before light. I was seeing deer pretty much all day, with no shot oppurtunities. A little after 3, I have a big doe come out directly across from me, and angle down into a thicket. I would have normally had a shot as soon as she walked out, but I can't believe how many leaves are still on the trees.She was angling down, and away from me. As she is walking throught the Hemlock thicket, I keep getting glimpses of her in my scope. at about 60 or 65 yards she stops, and I have about a 10 inch opening, and I can clearly see her shoulder, and behind it. I put the cross hairs behind the shoulder, and touch one off. At the shot, 2 other deer explode from the thicket, in the opposite direction, and the deer I shot at goes the other way. She took off out of sight at a run, acting totally unhit. WTF!!!! 
I go down to where she was standing, and nothing, no blood, no hair. I start walking in the direction she ran, and all of a sudden i see hair, and a bucket full of blood on the ground, and on the trees. Ok...i feel better, I did hit her. I misjudged where she was standing by about 15 feet. I followed a blood trail Stevie Wonder could follow for about 40 or 45 yards, and there is my deer. Except, instead of a mature doe, it is a little skipper. I was sick. I can't believe I shot the wrong deer! I never saw the other 2 deer sneak into the draw I was hunting
Well...anyway, I got some good eating, and it was an easy drag...lol.
Man do those Lightfield Hybrid EXP's make a hole! I can't believe how far this little skipper went with a hole that size through the heart and both lungs!
On another not, my friend Matt shot a gorgeous 9 point, 188 pound field dressed buck yesterday morning.
Here are some pics. His buck makes my skip look even smaller!
I go down to where she was standing, and nothing, no blood, no hair. I start walking in the direction she ran, and all of a sudden i see hair, and a bucket full of blood on the ground, and on the trees. Ok...i feel better, I did hit her. I misjudged where she was standing by about 15 feet. I followed a blood trail Stevie Wonder could follow for about 40 or 45 yards, and there is my deer. Except, instead of a mature doe, it is a little skipper. I was sick. I can't believe I shot the wrong deer! I never saw the other 2 deer sneak into the draw I was huntingWell...anyway, I got some good eating, and it was an easy drag...lol.
Man do those Lightfield Hybrid EXP's make a hole! I can't believe how far this little skipper went with a hole that size through the heart and both lungs!
On another not, my friend Matt shot a gorgeous 9 point, 188 pound field dressed buck yesterday morning.
Here are some pics. His buck makes my skip look even smaller!
Are you gonna use your deer as stuffing for that Buck?
....If given the choice , either one of those two deer are what I would be shooting for.