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RE: What's going through your mind?

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What's going through your mind just as you here the leaves crunching.... and you know it's close... is it a squirrel? No too carefull to be a squirrel.... Here it is, as soon as it takes 5 more steps....

Whats going through your mind Right at this point?

I'll tell you what. I was sitting in my stand last year and was hearing squirrels, one after another, stirring up the leaves. It got to the point where I stopped looking. I hearsome stirring again, only this time it's quite close. So, for the hell of it I turn my head (too quickly) expecting it to be another another squirrel. It's not!!! It's thebest buck, a 10pt, I've ever seen in my hunting area,ever.[:@]
Hesaw me turn to look, and he breaks camp like it was nobody's business!! This buck was literally 10yrds from me. I'll never forget that day.:D

When I first told this little story of defeat a while back, I mentioned how this was a beginners mistake, which it was. But, it just goes to show that no matter how long you've beenat this game, youkeep learning. Sometimes learning by making mistakes is the best way. I knew better than to do what I did, I just got lazy, and I payed the price for it!
I can usually tell the difference between the noise of a squirrel, and that of a deer. On that illfated day I couldn't! It won't happen again. Lesson learned.;):D

RE: What's going through your mind?

Has he seen me? Can I move? Which way is he headed?

I have to slow my breathing down........wonder if he can hear my heart beating?

Get my bow in hand and my release on the string and wait until his head is behind a tree to draw/stand.

Draw. Focus on the kill zone based on how he is standing and................ release............thwack!:D

RE: What's going through your mind?

or in Jeff's case.................

Who is that and why is he pooping there?[:@]

sorry I couldn't resist.:D

RE: What's going through your mind?

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Original: Arthur P
Or an armadillo.

Yep. In my neck of the woods, there is nothing that mimics the sound of a deer (at least in my feeble mind) than an armadillo. They sound heavier than they are and they stop and start a lot with lengthy pauses.

I have waited and listened between leaf rustles for up to 5-10 minutes with great anticipation only to find out it was a stinkin armadillo.

RE: What's going through your mind?

That was definately a learning experience for me last season being my first. Those squirrels and chip munks were constantly driving me up the tree. I'm just going to have to be patient but find a new spot.

RE: What's going through your mind?

There are those sounds that are all squirrel. The sounds that really could be either if a deer is meandering. And then the sounds that are all deer.

There are a lot of squirrels where I hunt these days and therefore the constant filter of those sounds.

Once I see a buck like most of you I’m not so much thinking as reacting on autopilot.

It seems like I’ve spent a lifetime of hours on stand waiting for those moments.

RE: What's going through your mind?

i would say i would go through things to keep my emotions under control.

RE: What's going through your mind?

It can't be a deer,.....I never see deer while I'm bowhunting......Oh my gosh! ItIS a deer! Thank you Lord!!!

RE: What's going through your mind?

Now if you where to ask my wife she would say NOTHING:D.Ok i would tell myself turn real slow come on don't rush it ,don't rush it please don't let it see me moving, ok where in the h== are you.