Well I got into my tree at 330pm and I just had a good feeling about the whole evening hunt. At 415pm (the woods are wet and quiet) I here a deer running directly at me along the side of the hill, I look and see this big rack coming and I stand up grab my bow and he saw movement he stops at 10 yards behind some brush! Im now shaking this being the biggest Pa. buck I have ever would get a shot at. He stares at me with the wind blowing from him to me and he turns around and slowly starts walking away! (still shaking like a leaf in the wind)
He turns to head down hill 26 yards out and I draw as he goes behind a tree. When he steps out I give him a grunt at full draw, now this all happened in like 20 seconds so I never had a chance to move my single pin so its still on 20 yards. When he stops he looks directly at me I bury my pin 3/4 chest high being he was what at the time I knew more than 20 but less than 30 no time to range him. I figured this would be a good double lung shot, well I squeeze the trigger and he hits the ground and trots away!!
He totally ducked my arrow. THis is the 1st time I ever missed a deer and sat there and had tears in my eyes! HE was big one and there he goes my perfect oppurtunity.
I then later had a little 7 pointer come in later and I thought man this is great he is getting it! He came into 10 yards but I hung my bow up and was not gonna shoot him out of frustration! It was not fair to him the animal cause I passed on him before! SO anyways I drank a few cold ones last night and still can not get it out of my mind! Here in Pawhen you get a chance at a deer like that you better take advantage of it.
The only thing I think I could have done differently is maybe wait till he ran past me and then try to stop him, maybe then he would of smelled my doe pee? I dont know cant get it out of my head. Also if I would of let him go by me 15mph wind would have bee directly at him I know I try to be totally scent free scent lok and all but you know as well as I do they can smell ya in those high winds. Im real confident in my scent game but with himon the other side of me I had no worries cause it was blowing to me!
Tim
My Every shot Version II
