Originally Posted by
Gotbuck
Something does not add up. Problem #1 You said the deer came in behind you and was a doe at 50 yards but did not have a shot due to obstructions?
Not a problem. I said I didn't have a shot
yet. Once she continued on, I had the shot.
Originally Posted by
Gotbuck
Problem #2 You also said the sun was beaming on you and you still could put the crosshairs on her, make the shot and she is now behind rocks?
That's right, the sun was beaming on me (i.e. which is why the deer saw me to begin with). I never said the sun was causing glare on my scope lens, obstructing my view, etc, etc. As far as the rocks go, maybe it will be easier for you to understand it this way: when she (he) was standing, I could see the entire body, but when she
fell (i.e. laying down), gosh darn, I couldn't see her any more!!
Originally Posted by
Gotbuck
Your biggest problem was not the neck shot but not identifying your game which could cost you plenty. If you shoot a buck and only are hunting a doe only area or vice versa. With the sun and obstructions I would have let it cross past you so you would not have delt with those issues of the sun and rocks. If the shot is not there then don't take it by all means. Folks get killed every year by folks shooting at noises they heard or what they thought to be an animal.
Just my 2 cents. A message like that is a life lesson but please don't post it hear. Too many anti gun hunters read this and use it for ammo against what we all beleive in.
Wrong again; you are taking this WAY in the wrong direction. First of all, my target was a deer, NO question about it. I was not shooting at a sound or a movement, so don't even BEGIN to infer that crap with me. Whatever it was that caused me to think it was a larger doe is irrelevant. I think it was the perspective of me lying down on the ground and looking up the mountain that caused me not to realize I was looking at a fawn. It was an either sex day and, regardless, button bucks are considered anterless deer in Virginia, so even if it were a "doe only" day, the kill would have been legal.
I'm not sure if you need lesson in reading comprehension or I need a lesson in story telling. It's probably a bit of both. But don't tell me what to post and not to post, especially out of fear of giving the antis ammo. That's the coward's way of protecting what they love, and I happen to love both my freedom of SPEECH and the right to keep and bear arms. This is a hunting forum and things don't always go as neatly or as cleanly as you want them to in the field. If I want to relate a tough situation I learned from to see how others would have done it so that I can learn more, I will!