This afternoon could be it.......
10-21-2002, 06:07 AM
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Boone & Crockett
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Location: Fredericksburg Virginia USA
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This afternoon could be it.......
my first bow kill. There is this place right behind my neighborhood, that I got permisson to hunt real early in the summer, well I did a bit of scouting and knew where the deer were moving for the most part and figured I would scout it harder as the season neared. Well then I get permission to hunt another spot about 20 minutes from my house and decided it was a much better place and ignored the first place because the guy only has 2 acres.
Well last friday afternoon I got home late and figured I would take a stand on the place in my neighborhood. I did not want to go in to deep so I took a stand where a number of trails crossed that I did not know if they were morning, night or afternoon trails. Well I sat there and watched 2 doe feeding for over an hour and then watched them enter the woods about 40-50 yards from me and dissappear down into the bottom, then about 15 minutes after they crossed, I watched another deer in the distance cross in the opposite direction. I didn't have my binoculars with me so I couldn't tell at this distance if it was a small buck or a doe, but it was a decent sized deer.
Well Saturday was out because of dinner plans with my oldest daughter who is moving to Charleston next weekend. Well I went down to scout and set a stand Sunday mid day for this afternoon. About 20 feet from where I had decided to set my stand I found a cedar that was being torn up by a buck, the cedar is about 4-5 inches around and he has torn it up big time, there is a pile of cedar shaving at the base of the cedar. The wind if it continues to blow in its usual direction should be perfect, so I am keeping my fingers crossed.
The Tazman aka Martin Price
Founder and President of
Virginia Disabled Outdoorsmen Club
Well last friday afternoon I got home late and figured I would take a stand on the place in my neighborhood. I did not want to go in to deep so I took a stand where a number of trails crossed that I did not know if they were morning, night or afternoon trails. Well I sat there and watched 2 doe feeding for over an hour and then watched them enter the woods about 40-50 yards from me and dissappear down into the bottom, then about 15 minutes after they crossed, I watched another deer in the distance cross in the opposite direction. I didn't have my binoculars with me so I couldn't tell at this distance if it was a small buck or a doe, but it was a decent sized deer.
Well Saturday was out because of dinner plans with my oldest daughter who is moving to Charleston next weekend. Well I went down to scout and set a stand Sunday mid day for this afternoon. About 20 feet from where I had decided to set my stand I found a cedar that was being torn up by a buck, the cedar is about 4-5 inches around and he has torn it up big time, there is a pile of cedar shaving at the base of the cedar. The wind if it continues to blow in its usual direction should be perfect, so I am keeping my fingers crossed.
The Tazman aka Martin Price
Founder and President of
Virginia Disabled Outdoorsmen Club
10-21-2002, 10:07 AM
#6
Boone & Crockett
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RE: This afternoon could be it.......
Thanks for the well wishes, I hope I am not counting my chickens before they hatch!LOL I have a lot of confidence for this afternoon if the wind is right, otherwise I will have to work a totally different angle on this.
The Tazman aka Martin Price
Founder and President of
Virginia Disabled Outdoorsmen Club
The Tazman aka Martin Price
Founder and President of
Virginia Disabled Outdoorsmen Club
10-21-2002, 12:05 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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