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Post by jajwrigh on Nov 18, 2007 14:53:19 GMT -5
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Post by deerdude on Nov 18, 2007 17:14:19 GMT -5
i had an army of tree rats running around me yesterday morn.didnt see no deer and after about 3 hours of setting i start getting a leg cramp so i lay my head back against the tree and stretch my leg out over the platform.i hear something run to the bottom of my tree and stop and im guessing tree rat,boy was i suprised when i looked and saw a nice big 8-pointer stareing at my foot.i try to get my foot back up and the gun up at the same time.well you know how this ended he was gone in a flash i did get a shot off about a foot behind him.my leg still hurts and hes gone.
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Post by ceannfiagaí on Nov 18, 2007 17:17:01 GMT -5
Hey don't sweat it too much! 60 yards with a handgun is a fairly tough shot. Sounds like you hit him. Again, don't sweat it. I hit a doe at 20 yards with my bow, this year! I know I hit her because my arrow passed through and I found it, covered with white fatty looking tissue. Never found the first sign of blood or the deer. Looked for 3 days.
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Post by deerman on Nov 18, 2007 18:24:17 GMT -5
I shot a friends 44 mag with a scope early this wweek while sighting in our deer guns. I CAN see how you missed those things are hard to hold still. Mix in in a little "buck fever", and id be way off.
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Post by mbogo on Nov 19, 2007 12:51:55 GMT -5
I haven't even taken my handgun out yet this year, the one I missed last year still haunts me. It was the second or third biggest buck I have ever seen while hunting and it wasn't 60 feet let alone 60 yards away.
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Post by js2397 on Nov 19, 2007 14:20:57 GMT -5
I bumped my scope early Saturday and forgot to check it when I got home. Sunday I had a huge 10 pointer out in front of me and I missed him. He was on the move and about 75 yards out. I went home and checked my gun and I was 3 inches right at 25 yards.
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Post by LawrenceCoBowhunter on Nov 19, 2007 15:13:39 GMT -5
I just wish I could have seen one...I seen 2 does early and that was it...Worst opening morning I have had in a long time...After today I'll be on break for a week and hopefully I get get one down...
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Post by timhixson on Nov 20, 2007 7:41:42 GMT -5
I had one rub a tree about 100 yards away on opening morning. It was just barely light enough to shoot, but there was alot of brush between us. I could see the tree shaking like crazy and some up and down movement, but could not find it in my scope.
I think he is still back there, and I will be heading back out with a climer on Friday morning.
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Post by weasel1134 on Nov 20, 2007 8:32:12 GMT -5
I did not miss what I would consider a nice buck. He was a very unusual buck a big spike with both spikes sticking straight forward parallel to his nose and he had the most beautiful red coat I have ever seen on a deer. 20 more feet into the clearing and I would have taken him on the basis of his coat alone. The unusual antler growth would just have been a bonus.There are bigger bucks where we are hunting but if this one gives me a shot I will not hesitate to shoot it. That hide would look awesome tanned and hanging on my wall.
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Post by grey squirrel on Nov 20, 2007 13:47:03 GMT -5
I didn't miss a nice buck, I stuck a big heavy 10 on Nov. 9th. It surprised me, came in quiet. When I first saw him he was only 7 yards, I stood up and drew then he walked right under my tree. I had accidentally dropped my primos bow sling that morning and he got a whiff of that and jumped and trotted to about 8 yards in front of me facing directly away from me. I don't like the odds of a spine shot so I waited for him to turn. If he turned right, I had plenty of open shooting lanes, but he turned left and was walking away. I had one open lane and bleated with my mouth to stop him. He stopped at 15 yards. Sharp quartering away shot and without thinking (buck fever I guess) I placed my 20 yard pin right behind his shoulder and squeazed the release. Looking back now I should have either not shot or aimed really far back towards the hip and let the arrow angle up through the vitals. "hindsight 20/20". He takes off really fast down the creek bank and I can see my arrow had not penetrated very well, maybe 5 inches. He runs full out up the hill, I'm listening but don't here him crash. I wait 30 minutes, climb down find the arrow in the creek bed, it's covered in dark thick blood. I guess the blood ran down the shaft before the arrow fell out. I call the landowner and he said he'd be down in an hour. I waited at the base of my tree and was hearing a pack of dogs barking in the vicinity where the buck ran. I later came to think that the dogs pushed the buck and ran it a long ways off. The landowner shows up and we start trailing the buck. Decent blood trail up the hill, not a lot, but easy to follow. Jumps a fence onto neighboring property, but landowner says it's okay if we go look for it. Good blood for probably 200 yards then it stops. Keep tracking and finding little blood for almost a 1/2 mile then nothing. I think I hit the buck in the shoulder and hopefully he'll be alright. I was pretty disgusted with myself for a few days. I've never shot a deer with a bow that ran out of sight before going down much less not found it. I've told myself it happens to everybody and have tried to put it out of my mind, but can't seem to quit thinking about it.
I'm sure he's fine, but he probably won't be back in that creek bed area this year, and that's if he made it thru the orange army gauntlet. I'll do better next time, I need to harvest a doe to get my confidence back up. Plus, the eatin's pretty good too.
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