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11-01-2008, 08:34 PM

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refross

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Join Date: Oct 2007

Location: SW Michigan

Posts: 79

To be continued

A button buck came bounding out of the woods on the west side of the 3 acre abandoned pasture I was hunting. He stop in the middle of the north edge and looked back at the trail he came from. 30 seconds later a nice basket 8point came out of the same trail looking for love! I had placed estrus urine and called him with my primos can call.
He worked his way across the pasture methodically, and started to zig zag at about 60yards from my stand. When he was 40 yards (It was actually 30 yards) I had him quartering away. I placed my 40yard pin behind his shoulder, just below center and let my arrow fly!
He jumped, spun 180deg and ran 100 yards before I could hit the primos call… He was still thinking with his “Unit” and stop in his track. He looked back, chest out, with no signs that he was hit!!! “No way I missed!” I told myself in disgust. But he was coming back and going to give me a second try. He walked smoothly to the other side of a small pond and stomped his foot in my direction. Over the next minute and a half he worked his way back to 60 yards, at which point I could see I had not missed. I could see the vanes of my arrow behind the shoulder, but in the top third of his body. It was just a waiting game now.
Then the unthinkable happened… a neighbor came walking back from his stand (on his side of the tree line) and startled my buck!!! Now I have a deer that has a high entry wound so it’s not leaving a blood trail, and he’s running from danger…..

The search starts tomorrow!!!!

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