Deer Firearms Day 9 - Sunday 17 DEC - Evening
I picked up Alex at 3:30 pm. We drove out to the golf course. There was some rain earlier today, so the humidity is on the high side. The temps hover around 40 F and the wind is down to 8 mph.
Alex decided he wit sit over watch on Hole #15's tee box. I decided to sit down in the bowl on Hole #4. We were both in place by 4 pm.
At 4:30, I looked N due to noise and saw two racks coming S, directly at me. I cocked my muzzle loader and turned to face them. The smaller buck saw me and both deer came to a screeching halt. At this point, both deer are in the woods. I can see the smaller buck, but cannot see the big one. I wait, watching the smaller one in my scope. He is nervous, but he cannot see me - his head is behind a tree. He starts to stamp his front leg. He is on the verge of bolting. Decision time.
Do I take the tough shot in the woods on a broadside deer, or do I wait it out. Maybe if I miss I can scare them back to Alex. I fire. And all I see is smoke.
The smoke clears. I see the large buck (and he was LARGE) turn and flag N (hopefully to Alex). The smaller one runs E and then crosses Hole #4 to the S. He stops at the fence to look at me. I look at him through the scope - I swear I see blood on his belly. He runs S.
I reload my muzzle loader and start walking E to where the buck stood. I walk the entire property line E to W on both sides of the fence. I will know where he crossed because he will have left blood on the foliage. I see nothing.
I walk back to my location, mark the spot the bucks were when I shot, and start walking into the woods. I quickly find the trail they walked, and not 10 yard into the woods I see this...
Alex decided he wit sit over watch on Hole #15's tee box. I decided to sit down in the bowl on Hole #4. We were both in place by 4 pm.
At 4:30, I looked N due to noise and saw two racks coming S, directly at me. I cocked my muzzle loader and turned to face them. The smaller buck saw me and both deer came to a screeching halt. At this point, both deer are in the woods. I can see the smaller buck, but cannot see the big one. I wait, watching the smaller one in my scope. He is nervous, but he cannot see me - his head is behind a tree. He starts to stamp his front leg. He is on the verge of bolting. Decision time.
Do I take the tough shot in the woods on a broadside deer, or do I wait it out. Maybe if I miss I can scare them back to Alex. I fire. And all I see is smoke.
The smoke clears. I see the large buck (and he was LARGE) turn and flag N (hopefully to Alex). The smaller one runs E and then crosses Hole #4 to the S. He stops at the fence to look at me. I look at him through the scope - I swear I see blood on his belly. He runs S.
I reload my muzzle loader and start walking E to where the buck stood. I walk the entire property line E to W on both sides of the fence. I will know where he crossed because he will have left blood on the foliage. I see nothing.
I walk back to my location, mark the spot the bucks were when I shot, and start walking into the woods. I quickly find the trail they walked, and not 10 yard into the woods I see this...
A clean miss
I text Alex. Tribe is going hungry tonight. I walk around 4, and down Hole #5 as it gets dark. Alex texts that he has seen nothing and is heading to the truck for, although it is still legal light, it is too dark to identify anything 100%. We are back at the truck before "legal" light runs out.
The sun going down as I sit over watch on Hole #5.
One more of the red sun set.
And what could be waiting on us back at the truck? Leinenkugel's Backwoods Lager. Good beer!
Leinenkugel - sponsor of our hunting adventures
Note the sky - it's still "legal" light out.
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