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Post by esshup on Oct 27, 2017 16:34:29 GMT -5
Last night.....
Got a lotta work to do, so I moved the trail cam to watch a tree at the edge of the field that has a scrape on it. Pulled the card today. There is a really nice 10 point hanging out about 25 yds to the left of my tree stand for about 4 minutes....... I was a couple hundred yards away working inside...
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Post by squirrelhunter on Oct 27, 2017 18:06:29 GMT -5
Back in the 90s before I ever got my first deer,when I was living in Kentucky,I was hunting with my scoped 44 mag. revolver sitting about 5-6' below my salt lick,which is legal down there. After awhile I had 3 young 6 point bucks all in a row following the trail to the salt lick. I hadn't had any luck with the salt lick so I was hunting the holler below it. Anyway I was trying not to spook them so I was moving real slow try to ease the revolver out towards my rear right to get a shot. When the front 1 got just 10' from me I looked through the scope and all I saw was black,I couldn't figure out why but that close I figured I couldn't miss. I pointed and shot,he just stood there. I moved it a little left,pointed and shot,again he just stood there for a minute. When I moved the gun again a little down and the 1 in the rear saw me move and took off with the other 2 following. After a few days off disbelieve and trying to figure out what happened,I got the gun out and experimented with the eye relieve. Come to find out if I'd straightened my arm out just an inch or 2 farther the scope would have cleared up,I had it too close to my eye. I'd always shot it out in front of me and never had that trouble but behind me and to the right with my elbow slightly bent it was too close but if I swung the gun to the front it cleared up about half way around. Duh!!!
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Post by nfalls116 on Oct 27, 2017 22:18:48 GMT -5
Well I won't go into detail but it involves a tropical island and a gal native to it and me drinking a bunch of rum
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Post by greghopper on Oct 27, 2017 22:30:33 GMT -5
Well I won't go into detail but it involves a tropical island and a gal native to it and me drinking a bunch of rum That sounds like split tail not whitetail...Ha
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Post by butlerj on Oct 28, 2017 4:03:48 GMT -5
I've got too many missed opportunity split tail stories. I'm older and wiser now, but all those girls have moved on. and I'm no longer single.
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Post by raymar on Oct 28, 2017 7:07:17 GMT -5
The time I went to get now out of truck only to realize I left it by the truck the night before while talking in the field the next county over. Yep I found it. I now had a split limb now and three days off during the first week of Nov. truck vs bow and truck tire won.
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Post by jman46151 on Oct 28, 2017 7:28:11 GMT -5
The time I went to get now out of truck only to realize I left it by the truck the night before while talking in the field the next county over. Yep I found it. I now had a split limb now and three days off during the first week of Nov. truck vs bow and truck tire won. I did that once but got lucky. I leaned my bow against the tire and turned just enough when I started to back up that it fell away from the truck. It was a nerve wracking drive back to where I left it.
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Post by esshup on Oct 28, 2017 8:47:29 GMT -5
Buddy and I were hunting in Wi. We had a good 45 min drive to where we hunt. Got there, opened up the tailgate to get the guns and mine was still leaning against the garage wall..... We were only going to hunt for 2 hr before leaving, so I decided to take a nap in the truck instead. Not 45 min later I hear a gunshot and then get a text "bring your knife"...
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Post by M4Madness on Oct 28, 2017 14:23:04 GMT -5
The time I went to get now out of truck only to realize I left it by the truck the night before while talking in the field the next county over. Yep I found it. I now had a split limb now and three days off during the first week of Nov. truck vs bow and truck tire won. I did that once but got lucky. I leaned my bow against the tire and turned just enough when I started to back up that it fell away from the truck. It was a nerve wracking drive back to where I left it. I did that just this morning. Walking to my stand in the dark, I realized that I did not have my release. I walked back to my Jeep, rested my bow against the front driver's side tire, and proceeded to look unsuccessfully for my release. Mad, I jumped in and headed for the house. Halfway across the pitch black hay field, I remembered my bow and panicked. Imagine my relief when I found it undamaged. Lol!
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Post by freedomhunter on Oct 28, 2017 14:50:52 GMT -5
Had 2 guns fall off my truck bumper when I was young. One broke, one got taken. I quit leaving things on or around my vehicle, always check now also.
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Post by jman46151 on Oct 30, 2017 8:14:55 GMT -5
Had 2 guns fall off my truck bumper when I was young. One broke, one got taken. I quit leaving things on or around my vehicle, always check now also. I have gotten to where after I load everything up I start the truck and then walk around it to make sure I didn't drop or forget anything.
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