shakeing when the deer are there
10-22-2003 | 10:39 AM
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RE: shakeing when the deer are there
I shake when the deer show up quickly or unexpectedly. If I' m watching deer from a distance and they get closer and closer, I have time to settle my nerves down. But I still shake if they appear too quickly! That' s the fun part!
10-22-2003 | 09:36 PM
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RE: shakeing when the deer are there
A couple of years back it was an extremely warm season in West Virginia, and I don' t think the deer got into rut even by the last day of the " bucks only" portion of the season. I only had a Model 94 lever with open sights that year and the only bucks I saw that week were at least 400 yards away. Yeah, I know I could' ve hit ' em, but would they be kill shots?
So on that last day I changed strategies and I' m sitting in a blind for a couple of hours. The gnawing feeling of disappointment is slowly creeping into my mind because I have nothing to show for this season. I was looking at my watch with sadness knowing there were only a couple of more minutes left to my season when I heard the rustle of leaves. I look and listen as the crunching gets louder and louder, my heart beating so hard and loud I thought it surely was going to signal my presense and scare away whatever was coming.
Down the trail I had been watching I see two does walk from behind a bush not more than 10 yards in front of me. The first doe stops and looks right through the blind directly at me. I can' t breathe. I tell myself I can' t move for fear she' ll see me but the harder I try to stay still the more I shake. She stomps the ground and sniffs the air as the second doe walks out. By the first doe' s continued stomping and sniffing, she knew I was there.
It appears to take forever for them to move on but it seemed like it happened in a flash. I look at my watch again and it is well past closing time. There was no buck following the does. My season is over. I have to head back to the city in the morning.
Remember, it was " buck only" season, and so I never raised my gun. I get goosebumps every time I think of this moment and I smile for it was one of the most beautiful sights I have ever seen.
So on that last day I changed strategies and I' m sitting in a blind for a couple of hours. The gnawing feeling of disappointment is slowly creeping into my mind because I have nothing to show for this season. I was looking at my watch with sadness knowing there were only a couple of more minutes left to my season when I heard the rustle of leaves. I look and listen as the crunching gets louder and louder, my heart beating so hard and loud I thought it surely was going to signal my presense and scare away whatever was coming.
Down the trail I had been watching I see two does walk from behind a bush not more than 10 yards in front of me. The first doe stops and looks right through the blind directly at me. I can' t breathe. I tell myself I can' t move for fear she' ll see me but the harder I try to stay still the more I shake. She stomps the ground and sniffs the air as the second doe walks out. By the first doe' s continued stomping and sniffing, she knew I was there.
It appears to take forever for them to move on but it seemed like it happened in a flash. I look at my watch again and it is well past closing time. There was no buck following the does. My season is over. I have to head back to the city in the morning.
Remember, it was " buck only" season, and so I never raised my gun. I get goosebumps every time I think of this moment and I smile for it was one of the most beautiful sights I have ever seen.
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