Can’t recall if we had one last year at all. I hunted 6-7 2-3 hrs. Mornings this season. 3-4 new stands inside 30-75 yards on all sides of me. Drat! They finally found me…… After a guy came in near dark and sat in a groundblind I hadn’t seen (because it was in the neighborhood on a patio facing the road….) I decided I’d pull my stand from my favorite tree begrudgingly. Honestly I was just out there for some solitude after a rough few months of work.
The morning after Ground Blind Charlie came in I sat for a few hours then planned to pull my stand and move on. 7am that morning a buck I had not seen on any cams came in and stopped at 20 yards. Down through some brushy branches I sent an arrow. Spined him being slightly high and as he rolled I was saddened at first he looked like a very high tined young 10 we have around. I mostly want mature deer and this year target was a 6 pt with all the others “mounters” for neighbors. I don’t mount them and hate to take that away from my neighbors.
As he kicked and rolled to me he was noticeably wider than the young deer. At first I thought I’d gotten redemption on the old fat 8 pt I shot over last year @ 18 yards.
As I waited for him to kick out I saw what I thought was a doe 35-40 yards behind me on the far side of the gravel path. I had to stand and spin 180 in a climber. Not easy to do quietly. Worse that my harness wouldn’t let me lol. It was a show 30’ up in that tree. I made the hard shot and punched both tags inside 30 mins.
The morning after Ground Blind Charlie came in I sat for a few hours then planned to pull my stand and move on. 7am that morning a buck I had not seen on any cams came in and stopped at 20 yards. Down through some brushy branches I sent an arrow. Spined him being slightly high and as he rolled I was saddened at first he looked like a very high tined young 10 we have around. I mostly want mature deer and this year target was a 6 pt with all the others “mounters” for neighbors. I don’t mount them and hate to take that away from my neighbors.
As he kicked and rolled to me he was noticeably wider than the young deer. At first I thought I’d gotten redemption on the old fat 8 pt I shot over last year @ 18 yards.
As I waited for him to kick out I saw what I thought was a doe 35-40 yards behind me on the far side of the gravel path. I had to stand and spin 180 in a climber. Not easy to do quietly. Worse that my harness wouldn’t let me lol. It was a show 30’ up in that tree. I made the hard shot and punched both tags inside 30 mins.
