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Old 10-28-2006 | 06:41 AM
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dohcrxl
 
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Default high pressure public land deer

at least the ones I've seen,don't come walking slowly. They're always on a steady jog and never allow me much time to do anything about the situation. They will appear out of nowhere most times in a direction I'm not looking, and be gone in 3 seconds literally. In those 3 seconds, I'm trying to catch a tenth second window wherethe deer isnot looking my way so I can draw all the while looking for a shooting lane all the while heart jumping out of chest. It aint workin'.

Twice this year that's already happened and I want to know if there's anything I can do about it. I thought that instead of waiting for three things to happen 1- chance to draw 2- clearing to shoot 3- deer to stop or slow down in that clearing... that I should just stop the deer in mid jog then just draw and hope that it doesn't immediately bolt and happens to be in a shooting lane. What do you think?

These same deer will almost never come out until legal light is just about over too but there's nothing anyone can do about that.

Thanks for any suggestions.
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