Got busted last night PART II, not tonight!!!!
 

Went out two nights ago and got busted, you can read about it. Went out in a different stand last night. Well what got me busted also helped me out. I had a doe at last light come from behind me where I wasn't expecting her. She came out on my right side so to shoot I had to stand up, turn around, then draw (I'm right handed). Well, as she crossed my trail she smelled my foot prints, went alert and looked out at the corn field, directly away from me. This gave me time to stand up and turn before she started looking around. Then she looked at the corn field again.....I drew back. She's facing away from me so all I need is a turn, there she goes and I let it fly. Perfect double lung, pass through, arrow stuck in the ground. She ran a 1/4 circle around me and crashed in the brush.

The thing is if she'd kept walking she would have gotten in to the thick stuff but since she smelled the trail I walked in on it gave me time to stand, turn and draw before she got to the thick stuff.

Back straps last night were GOOOODDDD!!!! First of the season, I'm pumped!!!!!:D

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Congrats Solax. :)

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Well done! Sometimes things work for ya, sometimes against. That's the great thing about hunting.

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Congratulations...............all this talk of getting deer is making me itch BAD.

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Solax, How high do you get. My guess is that your too low for your area. I know where your hunting and I would get 28+. You won't get the big boy if this keeps happening to you. Also, stand and be ready to shoot before the deer gets to your area. If your not standing and ready to shoot you may find yourself out of position if a big buck comes in quick.

Good luck and congrads on your steaks.

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I guess that means you old stand is free and clear again;)

Solax 1
Deer 1

Join us next week on the doe crashes:D

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Congrats and good story:D

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GREAT JOB NOW YOUR READY FOR THE BIG BOY:D:D

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You lucky dog...That's why they call it hunting and not killing!!! Sometimes you get lucky like that.

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Taking a doe only means more success in the future! Backstraps will be nice. Invite the Motor City Madman over for some delights!

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Fieldmouse, I'm not getting busted personnaly, it's my trail on the way in, my boots must be leaving something on the ground. I'm planning on scrubbing them down with baking soda/water and leaving them outside. I leave them in the garage but they must have some dog smell or something on there that I'm not getting off with the scent away. I also grind my boots in a mud puddle or stream on the way in, something's fishy. There is a hole in the side of one where I cut it last year, I'm wondering if maybe as I step I'm pushing some sweaty sock funk out on to the ground.

Adams, thanks for the praise but I was hunting a totally different area, this isn't the doe that busted me. I wanted to stay out of that area for a while but I'll be back. My score will go up!!!

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Fieldmouse, another thing about stand height, this stand is on an oak tree about 15 ft. up, reason is there is a big holly tree right next to it that is about 16 ft. high. My whole body is covered by the holly and I can shoot over it in to my shooting lanes.

Also, I didn't hear her coming in, she just appeared there on my right side. Got lucky on this one but like louddrummer said it's hunting not killing.

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Yippy

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Ah yes, I love those holly trees in your area. I would still be concern with your height but good luck. I hope you drag out the big one.

Next time before you go down the trail rub your shoes in deer sh*t. This will help more then a mud puddle. Before you climb make sure you get it all off. Last thing you need is sh*t falling from your boots as your setting up for the kill.

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congrats

Now where is the pic:)

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Solax--we're following last year's pattern again! Last year, you started out with your buck and I got mine the next day. This year, I was slightly ahead of you though, cause I got my doe in the morning. Only deer I saw and I made a good 30 yard shot that allowed her to make it 40 yards before crashing. Congrats!

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Dave, congrats to you as well. I remember those back to back bucks, we should start hunting together, we have the same patterns. Now when you take a big buck call me right away so I can get in my stand;) that way I know I'll get a big one.

Fieldmouse, the holly trees here are re-damn-diculous. The laurel and holly are everywhere, can't see 20 yds. I call it the comedy forests (Laurel and Holly, instead of Hardy) anyway, I've found that you can hide your body if you get between the tree your stand is in and a holly, it's worked out pretty well. I was playing the wind last night (so I thought) so height wasn't supposed to be a factor to my smell.