RE: Very Uncomfortable Feeling!
I'M FAIRLY NEW TO THE BOWHUNTING SCENE--GOING ON MY FOURTH SEASON--TWO SEASONS AGO ME & BUDDY SET ABOUT 90 YARDS APART ON THE IN SOME VERY THICK COVER--MAX. SHOT PROBABLY ABOUT 20 YARDS--IN THE OPEN AREAS--ANYWAY,WE'RE SITTING ON LOGS & UPROOTED TREES AND IT STARTS!! I SAW TWO BUCKS GO BY WITH NO CHANCE AT A SHOT--IF I WERE UP IN A TREE I PROBABLY WOULD'VE HAD TWO SHOTS--AFTER THE SECOND BUCK IS OUT OF SIGHT I START TO TRY MY GRUNT.THE FIRST COUPLE ATTEMPTS=NOTHING--THEN I HEARD SOMETHING BETWEEN ME & MY BUDDY-CLOSE!!MAYBE 15 YARDS AWAY--I GRABBED THE PRIMOS TROPHY GRUNT-BLEW ONCE OR TWICE & BEFORE I COULD EVEN MOVE I HAD A GOOD SIZE 6 POINT WITH A HIGH RACK STANDING RIGHT BEHIND ME! STILL SITTING ON THE LOG WITH ONE HAND STILL ON THE GRUNT--WHICH I WAS STILL HOLDING UP TO MY MOUTH--I WAS SHAKING--FEAR OR EXCITEMENT OR BOTH--NOTHING I COULD DO--THE BUCK TURNED A BIT AND I MANAGED TO DRAW---PROBLEM WAS THE DEER WAS STILL TO MY RIGHT AND BEHIND ME AND I'M RIGHT HANDED!I HELD AT FULL DRAW AS LONG AS I COULD--SEEMED LIKE FOREVER--AT FULL DRAW WITH THE DEER STANDING TO MY RIGHT WATCHING ME START TO SHAKE FROM HOLDING AT FULL DRAW HOPING HE WOULD WALK OUT IN FRONT--DIDN'T HAPPEN--I WAS READY TO TAKE A NAP AFTER THAT!!!!!I CAME HOME EMPTY HANDED---BUT WHAT A HUNT!!!