Hunting Washington Forum
Big Game Hunting => Bow Hunting => Topic started by: 300rum on October 13, 2008, 09:46:42 PM
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Last year, week after Thanksgiving. Spotted 3 bedded bucks one big boy and 2 3yo's, three miles away. Sneak is on. Little do I know they get up, spar and start feeding down hill to me (dad is watching through the scope). I get 35yds away and see the medium buck as he sees me, he is legal and a nice 3yo buck but I am passing. He doesn't know what I am but he doesn't like it one bit, wind is perfect, I am on the ground and frankly can't draw even if I could. We have a standoff for 15 minutes where both of us are waiting for the other to move and I can't find the bigger buck. I don't know what the heck to do other than I am pinned but not had. It is snowing and I have 30 minutes to make this happen. I can't find the big boy but I know this is the same buck that I spotted but I think big boy is still higher up the ridge maybe 100 yards. I take out the grunt tube. What do you do? To Grunt or not to Grunt, that is the question?
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doe bleat first...if nothing, then a few short soft grunts....wait...a couple more...
With 30 minutes left you have nothing to lose if you're not going to take the other buck.
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I gave a soft young buck grunt. The buck immediately turns and takes three jumps away and then looks back. And then big boy, who I couldn't see behind some brush 30yds away takes off up the hill, he never stops. Man I have played that over and over. I wonder what would have happened if I didn't grunt. :dunno: I wonder what would have happened? Ol' big boy played that game before.
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hind sight is always 20/20 you could beat youself to death over it the big boy could have seen you move and that's why he ran :dunno: . if a deer is looking at me i don't think i would call even if he doesn't know what you are. he does know that you are not a deer. sounds like it was a fun hunt :tup:
