11-22-2007, 05:09 AM
He shoots......and............and........
Had a nice 6 point in the scope tonight about 75 yards away. He wasn't coming any closer and started to walk away so I pulled the trigger. BANG...the deer's rear legs fell out from underneath it and it hit the ground and I thought for sure I broke the things back. But nope... he hopped right up and all I saw after that was a bouncing white tail disappearing into the swamp.
I gave it about 10 minutes and went for a walk over there. Found nothing on the trail where I shot..... no blood ....no hair ..... nothing..... the only thing I did find was a small sapling that looked like it got snapped in either the fall or in the frantic run towards the swamp. Followed the trail into the swamp for a good 100 yards.. not one sign of blood or hair or anything at all..... Well Crap !!!!
If I did hit him it must not have been very hard. Maybe just grazzed him. At this point I'm just hoping I just scared the hell out of the thing and it slipped in the wet tall grass when it went to run. On a good note I did find one of my old buckets that I used about 3 years ago still sitting under a pine in the middle of the swamp.
The white stuff is falling here in Grand Rapids and tomorrow morning should be some good hunting. But not for me....... instead I'll be headed off to my mom's in West Branch for turkey dinner and the best pumpkin pie in all of Michigan.
Good huntin guys.. I'll check back in a couple days with hopefully better news than just BANG... MISS....C R A P !!!!!!
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Had a nice 6 point in the scope tonight about 75 yards away. He wasn't coming any closer and started to walk away so I pulled the trigger. BANG...the deer's rear legs fell out from underneath it and it hit the ground and I thought for sure I broke the things back. But nope... he hopped right up and all I saw after that was a bouncing white tail disappearing into the swamp.
I gave it about 10 minutes and went for a walk over there. Found nothing on the trail where I shot..... no blood ....no hair ..... nothing..... the only thing I did find was a small sapling that looked like it got snapped in either the fall or in the frantic run towards the swamp. Followed the trail into the swamp for a good 100 yards.. not one sign of blood or hair or anything at all..... Well Crap !!!!
If I did hit him it must not have been very hard. Maybe just grazzed him. At this point I'm just hoping I just scared the hell out of the thing and it slipped in the wet tall grass when it went to run. On a good note I did find one of my old buckets that I used about 3 years ago still sitting under a pine in the middle of the swamp.
The white stuff is falling here in Grand Rapids and tomorrow morning should be some good hunting. But not for me....... instead I'll be headed off to my mom's in West Branch for turkey dinner and the best pumpkin pie in all of Michigan.
Good huntin guys.. I'll check back in a couple days with hopefully better news than just BANG... MISS....C R A P !!!!!!
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