12-02-2008, 10:36 AM
day 5,a good day in whoville
last nite we set up a hunt on state land,it was all set mike and i would get into the woods by 6:30,joe would show up alittle after 7,to still hunt around us.i got to scotland at 6am.sat in the truck a few min.to finish my coffee.then got out and got dressed and made sure i had everything.by this time it was 6:20,no mike.so i called him,he said he was walking out the door.so i told him that i was heading into the woods.well he showed up at 7:15.![[Image: huh.gif]](http://www.cthuntingnshooting.com/vBforum/images/smilies/huh.gif)
.so he finally got to where he was going to sit.it was going to be where wild bill sat opening day.around 9am i spot a shadow moveing in a thicket(this i wouldn't see if the clouds didnt come over).not sure what it is,so i am stareing at it.then i see a head move,its a deer.it keep looking back,then the nose to the ground,takes a few steps,does the same thing.i kept picking up my gun to see if i could find a shot.no shot.so i started looking for windows ahead of it,found one.it was the only one i had and it was very small.by this time i noticed it had a rack,but couldnt tell what it was.so we walked into my window and stopped.the sweet spot was right on the edge of the tree,great.so i aimed as close to the tree as i could and let one go..he made 2 small bounds and stopped.shot again which was very questionable.radioed mike to let him know he was comming his way.and took one more,which i knew it would reach him,but it would have pushed him to mike.a few mins later,mike radioed me,that it was down.so i told him i was staying in the stand untill joe showed up.about 20 min later,joe came to my stand,i got out and told him what had happened.mike radioed me and told me that the deer was down and knew where it was,so no sense looking for a blood trail.we walked up about where he went,mike stayed where he was sitting and directed us to him.funny thing was that the buck walked up to mike,he could see it,but had no shot.he went behind a large rock,and stood there.all he had to do was walk out from there and mike had a shot.but he didnt,he dropped instead.
joe told us that he would tag it,because he couldnt hunt the rest of the week,
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last nite we set up a hunt on state land,it was all set mike and i would get into the woods by 6:30,joe would show up alittle after 7,to still hunt around us.i got to scotland at 6am.sat in the truck a few min.to finish my coffee.then got out and got dressed and made sure i had everything.by this time it was 6:20,no mike.so i called him,he said he was walking out the door.so i told him that i was heading into the woods.well he showed up at 7:15.
.so he finally got to where he was going to sit.it was going to be where wild bill sat opening day.around 9am i spot a shadow moveing in a thicket(this i wouldn't see if the clouds didnt come over).not sure what it is,so i am stareing at it.then i see a head move,its a deer.it keep looking back,then the nose to the ground,takes a few steps,does the same thing.i kept picking up my gun to see if i could find a shot.no shot.so i started looking for windows ahead of it,found one.it was the only one i had and it was very small.by this time i noticed it had a rack,but couldnt tell what it was.so we walked into my window and stopped.the sweet spot was right on the edge of the tree,great.so i aimed as close to the tree as i could and let one go..he made 2 small bounds and stopped.shot again which was very questionable.radioed mike to let him know he was comming his way.and took one more,which i knew it would reach him,but it would have pushed him to mike.a few mins later,mike radioed me,that it was down.so i told him i was staying in the stand untill joe showed up.about 20 min later,joe came to my stand,i got out and told him what had happened.mike radioed me and told me that the deer was down and knew where it was,so no sense looking for a blood trail.we walked up about where he went,mike stayed where he was sitting and directed us to him.funny thing was that the buck walked up to mike,he could see it,but had no shot.he went behind a large rock,and stood there.all he had to do was walk out from there and mike had a shot.but he didnt,he dropped instead.joe told us that he would tag it,because he couldnt hunt the rest of the week,
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