Originally Posted by cayugad

Well once I went out with my .54 Renegade and was sitting in a blind. I had waited and waited all season for a shot at a legal deer. Then I heard walking coming towards my blind. It was coming up out of the marsh which was kind of strange as there was no trail really over there. When I studied the area I saw nothing but horns walking towards me. I mean the buck I had waited for all my life was walking towards me.

I pulled back the hammer and rested the rifle on the sticks I had and just worked on controlling my breathing. The deer came behind an old dead fall and all I could see was his head and a little part of his neck. But he'd clear that dead fall any second and then he'd be broadside at about 20 yards.

Suddenly the buck stopped and was looking back towards the marsh. I was shocked but sat still. He then turned straight away from me and began to walk real slow away. All I could see was the back of his head and his rack and ears. I thought about shooting him in the back of the head, but was sure he'd stop and turn. About a second later he put a large Balsam between me and him and walked right back into the marsh.

I should have shot but I wanted his head on my wall so bad, that I did not want to blow a hole in his head.