Post by: Jonathan_S on October 03, 2013, 06:01:03 PM
After a hangfire yesterday at my deer stand, I was less than motivated to get up at 0430 to try again. Well I somehow dragged myself out of bed and found myself sitting 30 ft up a pine tree, overlooking a few game trails. I put the stand up yesterday after getting busted twice sitting on the ground :bash:
Anyway, I found myself sitting in that stand for only an hour and a half before I felt my feet go numb. I do not recommend rubber barn boots when it's 32 degrees for treestand hunting :'(
After watching a flock of turkeys meander under my tree and throughout the area, I was kicking myself for hunting with the muzzleloader and not bringing the bow instead. The sun finally began to shine a bit down into the frosty canyon around 0800. I saw movement to my left...
Well not really, it was just shadows. But they were deer shadows, long dark shadows in the golden rays of sunlight but I couldn't see the deer for a thick stand of jack pines. I could see their shadows and judged that I would eventually have about a 3 foot window they'd pass through at 75 yards.
A second later, a young doe passed through that window. I took a gamble that a bigger one was behind her. Right behind her, a mature muley doe stepped out and I whistled to stop her in that small window. She stopped too late and I had to crouch down in my stand. She was looking straight at me when THIS time, I didn't hear the cap because the roar of the gun drowned it out.
She went down immediately. Then she stood and kicked like a gutshot deer before running down the hill and out of sight. :bash:
Well I waited ten long minutes before climbing down to investigate the sign. She was laying about ten feet from where I saw her last. :tup:
Thanks for reading. I was more excited during the moment for this one than my buck earlier in the year :chuckle:
Post by: Jonathan_S on October 03, 2013, 06:02:46 PM
This is my first mule deer and I'm excited to taste a sage deer.
Post by: carpsniperg2 on October 03, 2013, 06:06:38 PM
Post by: Jonathan_S on October 03, 2013, 06:13:10 PM
These bacon wrapped tenderloins are delicious...
Post by: mulehunter on October 03, 2013, 06:31:02 PM
:cue:
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Post by: Jonathan_S on October 07, 2013, 01:11:58 PM
Nice, big doe! Good job! :tup: Next time leave the barn boots at home. :chuckle:
It's all about scent control :chuckle:
Post by: MLBowhunting on October 07, 2013, 01:43:02 PM
Post by: splitshot on October 08, 2013, 07:03:57 PM
Post by: Jonathan_S on October 08, 2013, 08:20:19 PM
Binos...left them in the truck. I only had 12 acres to hunt :chuckle: