thanx for the input...

i didnt spook him bad...but he knew something was fishy i believe..although he walked a little ways left infront of me...dont think he seen me after that...just turned around and snuck away..didnt even lift his tail, stomp his foot..nothin.

the groundhog hunter was just bad luck lol. i didnt have that problem last year...heck, i dont know what he was shooting at so many times...i also groundhog hunt and getting as many shots off as he did at the close range he was, with the large rifle he was shootin just dont happen lol.


droptine...when i first saw him, my first thought was ahhhhh pass..first day, not even 9am...but i counted to make sure he was legal...and thought hed make a DANG fine first bow kill. i aint gunna be picky. exspecially after THAT. i know i NEED to get some under my belt and get used to the whole...shootin them with the bow thing...to tell you the truth, i would most likely had him mounted...just because hes my first bow kill, only 3rd buck ever...and would been my biggest. id want my kids to see that one and i dont own a deer mount....

and im not the only one that hunts there...actually come rifle season, it will get pushed out ATLEAST once a day by a group...maybe more. not too many legal bucks make it out alive...

man i cant help but to think...if i didnt spend 1200$ on a groundhog gun this summer, i woulda bought that qad LD rest i wanted to buy...and i would be singin a different tune live and learn grasshopper..live and learn....

just all happend so fast...one second i saw antlers..the next i was counting points..then i was at full draw...next time...

figuring on saturday morning or monday or tuesday morning. gotta see what the weather looks like...i might even wait till the following saturday if my farmer buddy gets me into some other spots...hes workin on it so i dont blow this spot again this year...im going to do my best to hunt the area SMART though...