I wasn't going to tell anyone about my moronic hunt Sunday evening , but I'm just curious if anyone else has made stupid mistakes like this.
I spent about two hours making an awesome ground blind with natural cover a couple weeks ago. I made the blind in a area that had alot of deer activity , crossings in every direction. I noticed this while hunting from my treestand. I made the ground blind with three trails criss crossing within 15 yards of the blind and one rub line about 20 yards in front of the blind. Well after watching the way the deer were moving through here from my treestand , I picked out exactly where I was going to draw my bow as the deer headed down the trail (clump of trees made a perfect draw opportunity). Just exactly how I pictured it , a big doe came out a good hour before dark heading right down my trail. Well , when she got within 20 yards , she mosied around with her head to the ground eating acorns , so I waited as she was still pointed in the direction of my plans. After about 20 minutes she cut off to the left heading in the wrong direction. Heres where the stupid comes in to play. Before I left , I checked out where she was standing with her head down eating acorns. I would have had a perfect broadside (slightly quartering towards) shot a little under 20 yards<img src=icon_smile_blush.gif border=0 align=middle> What the hell was I thinking? Planning out all scenarios is one thing , but where was my compromise when I needed it?
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