Scenario Question
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 357
Scenario Question
Lets say you are hunting from a tower stand between powerlines and you see 2 big bucks come on and start grazing on a plot you have there. You take a shot at one of them (gun-season) and you drop it it its tracks. You watch the other buck run to the edge of the woods and stop for a perfect broadside shot. In all the excitement you try to shoot the second one and miss, you watch the 2nd buck run off.
Now, my question is: Would it be a smart move to try the same spot the next day or should you leave it for 3-4 days to calm down or are the chances of that buck coming back very slim and no point even trying?
Note: talking about 2 big 8-10 point roughly 20-25 inch spread on both.
Thanks for any advice!
Now, my question is: Would it be a smart move to try the same spot the next day or should you leave it for 3-4 days to calm down or are the chances of that buck coming back very slim and no point even trying?
Note: talking about 2 big 8-10 point roughly 20-25 inch spread on both.
Thanks for any advice!
#2
Typical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Rockaway,NJ.
Posts: 621
RE: Scenario Question
A couple years ago I shot a buck that was with a group of about 10 deer. The group had two other bucks and a piebald doe. The next day I went to the same stand and right around the same time the same group came right up the same path and I took one of the other two bucks! So you never know. Deer are creatures of habit and they seem to stick to those habits most of the time. It's worth a shot if you ask me...Good Luck!
#4
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Ponce de Leon Florida USA
Posts: 10,079
RE: Scenario Question
Illegal to shoot two bucks in the same day in the area I hunt, but if I missed one broadside I would be spending several trips to the range with my rifle to figure out why the shot was off.
#6
Thread Starter
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 357
RE: Scenario Question
ORIGINAL: timbercruiser
Illegal to shoot two bucks in the same day in the area I hunt, but if I missed one broadside I would be spending several trips to the range with my rifle to figure out why the shot was off.
Illegal to shoot two bucks in the same day in the area I hunt, but if I missed one broadside I would be spending several trips to the range with my rifle to figure out why the shot was off.
Anyway, this happened to me last year when a nice 10 came out and a 8 aslo. The 10 had its rack standing 6 inches outside it ears and the 8 was just a tad smaller. I stalked up to them as they were grazing together and only got a shot at the smaller one (which later revealed a 21" spread).