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Old 09-12-2008, 12:09 PM
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I don't remember but I'm sure it didn't go over 800 or so. I held out all season long for a really nice deer last year. I had one opportunity for something in the low 140's but darn it, the wind shifted and the doe he was trailing winded me and they both ran back the way they came. Worst yet, I had him a 40 yds but choose to allow him to get closer since had the wind not changed direction, it would have put him at 10 yds. He was the biggest one. I did draw on one that was in the low 130's but choose to pass him up, hoping to see him this fall. That deer just wanted me to shoot him. I was hunting out of the old shed in my friends backyard when he walked with in 15 yds of the door 5 mins after I sat down. That buck wandered around the yards of all the neighbors along with about 30 other deer all morning long. He even offered me 3 more easy shots, with 2 of them being at 5 yds. I ended up shotting a button buck at 5 yrds that ran towards the house. When he took off, 3 more deer took his place. I reloaded and shot the big doe. She ran down into the park and I saw her fall. The other two just sat there staring back and forth trying to figure out what just happened. So I reloaded and was going to shoot another one but then choose not to. I walked up to my friends back door and he said when he woke up he looked for me in a tree but didn't see me. I told him I forgot my climbing ban in NC so I ducked into his shed and shot 2. We had a good laugh and then he helped me drag the deer and load them on my truck. Then we went in and he was making me breakfast, when I looked out in the yard and one of the smaller 8 points walked right through his yard and in front of that shed. Yes, it's my own little shooting gallery.
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