on a muzzle loader hunt, before shotgun primers, i arrived at the property i was to hunt but i got there late[:@], well since i was late, i decided i would stalk hunt all the way to my stand, only saw 3 does and got w/i range but was hunting some very good sign in the area, get to the stand about 8'ish, put gun on shoulder and climbed stand(permanent stand) what seemed like 8' 15' ish here comes a beautiful 8 pt. 17" wide feeding right up the side of this ridge, he is standing broadside as can be @ 35
feet not yards mind you, everything is going perfect, i squeeze the trigger and get "click" deer raises his head, i pull hammer back deer goes back to eating, "click", this time i decide if the buck will just postion himself behind a tree long enough to get my capper, yea the one i left sitting on the front seat of my truck[:@], needless to say there wasn't a tree in that county wide enough to cover up that much stupid[&o]
but on a good note i haven't had that happen again
