It's official..........I SUCK!!!
12-09-2005, 06:04 PM
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Typical Buck
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It's official..........I SUCK!!!
Let me start by saying that I really hate gun hunting, however I do it. Reason being, you usually see bucks that you normally wouldn't. The bright side of my day is that I probably set a record for most shots at one deer with a muzzleloader without killing it...ugh. Today was the opener for our 3 day muzzleloader season and we have a fresh 5 inches of snow on the ground. I went out and immediately kicked up a shooter with 2 does and I got a shot at it but it wasn't a very good opportunity... I missed. So I went on and turned around and saw 7 or 8 more deer go into the point that I just rounded so I went back and ran them off. So now I decide to go where I originally had wanted to go in the first place and walked up to the wheat field and there was a young buck in it and he came right to me and went into the woods, so I moved a step or two to get a better look and there was a herd of deer in the woods. One was a real nice non-typical(had 5 pts on left side and the right side had 3 long pts coming up out of the base, if he would have been a normal 10 pt he would score around 145-150). I waited until he got into an "open spot" in the heavy brush and shot. He didn't even hardly acknowledge my shot so I reloaded and waited for another "opening" and shot again. Nothing, he didn't even move again, so I reloaded...again and moved a little farther around the edge of the field to find a better "opening" and shot again. Yes! this time he finally moved. I reloaded.........again and went to where he was when I shot and nothing, no blood anywhere. So now I am completely distraught and begin walking in the direction that he and his young girlfriend went. I made it about 30 yards when I looked up and there he was............again walking right at me. he got to 40- yards and I shot.....again. And if you can believe it, I MISSED AGAIN. Now I'm literally screaming in misery, out of bullets and thoroughly ticked off. If I'd of had another bullet I would have shot my toes off......but as we all know I would probably have missed those too! Good news is that the second rut is rockin here. I saw 5 bucks in that spot today and 3 were shooters for those that can hit them! Oh yeah, I ended up seeing over 50 deer today! amazing for this area
12-09-2005, 06:21 PM
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Typical Buck
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RE: It's official..........I SUCK!!!
It wasn't the gun, operator error in this case. In my defense the first 3 shots killed at least 3 trees! The last 40 yard shot however.....Im speechless, I blew it! I went home and shot at a stump and smoked it, it took me a while to field dress it though.
Thats a bummer, but at least you were having opportunities.