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Old 11-22-2002, 12:11 PM
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One of the places I hunt is a state park in N/E Illinois.
I've recently stayed relatively close to the trails because my wife was pregnant with our first child and I wanted to available to leave quickly, as you can imagine. Baby is now here and everybody is doing well.

Now, back to REAL hunting. I treated myself and got in deep where I have not explored yet, but desperately wanted to go.

I bumped 4 or 5 deer on the way in, and had one come up to me while I was getting my stand ready on the ground. I never saw him, but he was VERY close. Then about a half hour after I got up in my stand this BIG brusier of a buck comes walking by broadside at about 30 yards! "This could be my first deer, and he's huge!" I realized afterwards that I never counted his points because I immediately focused on his ribcage looking for an oportunity for everything to line up for a shot.
I waited until his head went behind a tree to draw my bow, but had to shoot quickly because of limited openings in the dense trees. I let it fly, but it knicked a tiny branch deflecting it up over his back by about a foot or so.

That would have been one heck of a first deer!

I missed, but he's still out there. The difference is now, I know where he hides.

Keep 'em all in the Bull.
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Old 11-22-2002, 12:22 PM
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I hate when that happens. Good luck on finding him or another next time.

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Old 11-22-2002, 01:06 PM
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its nice to know where they live isnt it. i was in the wrong spot last seasona dn didnt see squat, now i see deer every time, well lets hope it stays that way

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Old 11-22-2002, 01:39 PM
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The same exact thing happened to me on the first friday of NYS bow hunting. I have been bow hunting for 2 years. Anyway, this whopper came strutting up after some doe had just passed. I sat there in disbeleif, counting his horns.(Yes, my cousin already yelled at me for that one). I finally counted about ten, he came into a nice spot, head behind a tree... I let fly and I thought that I had hit 'em and damn, was I happy. Then I noticed my arrow sticking out of the ground some 5 feet from where he had been standing. (At least I did'nt wound him.) My arrow too deflected off this minute little branch... all I can say that really got my blood moving. What a magnificent animal he was! (or hopefully still is). Gives me something to look forward to next season. We will both get one next year!! <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>
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