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I took off Friday afternoon until Tuesday to get in a few days of bowhunting to try and get my first bow buck. As soon as I get to my property on Friday afternoon, I go check out a new stand I was excited to hunt and find my trail camera stolen. Fantastic....

 

I hunt saturday, sunday and Monday with only 1 hour break each day. Only Deer sighting was 2 small Does on monday around 330. Tuesday Morning I wake up to a few inches of snow. Now im excited again. The spots I hunt are pretty thick so something could pass by me 50 yards away and I wouldnt be able to see them, with snow I figure ill see some movement. Hunt 530-1015. Nothing.

 

Im walking back down to the cabin to eat, pack up and go home..when I get down to walk through the field which is 50 yards above the cabin I see 2 deer eating under 2 old apple trees in the corner of the field about 100 yards away. Im carrying my bow, pack, and harness. I drop down to the floor and basically strip down. I nock an arrow, put my release on- I figured it was the 2 doe I saw the day before and I may be able to take one on the last day. I crawl and get up to a small pine tree in about 25 yards from the apple tree. I see the first doe walk into the tree line so I slid to the right of the tree hoping to get a shot at the second one as it walks off. Im in high grass now thats half patted down by snow. tough to move without making noise. I look at the other deer and as it turns its head I see a rack. -Holy crap-  Now I left my pack behind, so no binoculars and no grunt tube. I finally get a look at him and he was a legal deer(AR in my zone), atleast six point might have been an 8 but I cant be sure. We got into a staring match for what felt like an eternity, my back is still hurting from standint bent over so he wouldnt see me move.

 

In what I would say 10 minutes, he walked into the woods with the doe and then walked back to the tree. He kept looking at me, stomping and trying to figure me out. He kept pointing his nose up trying to smell me but the wind was blowing very hard into my face. If I had a grunt tube I think I could have lured him into the open because i think he thought I was another deer, Why else would he come back to me instead of staying with the doe?  If I had know it was a buck from the get go I would have tried to crawl into the road and try and move around him instead of that high grass but thats the way it worked out. The second time he decided to walk off he was further out..  I drew on him 2 times but there was tall grass covering half his body and a couple of trees around. I would have had to sneak an arrow about 40 yards through a pretty small hole. Im not confident I could make that shot.

I was extremely discouraged walking down from my stand that morning. Extremely pissed that I hadn't seen deer in 4 days. I was just looking forward to get a gun in my hand to increase the odds. If that happened to me during gun season I would have killed a nice 6-8pt buck but the experience wouldnt have been nearly as fun. I crawled to within 25 yards of a nice buck and had him fooled for a decent amount of time. The adrenaline rush I had during those 15-20 minutes are the reason I hunt and what I wish I could explain to my non hunter friends. It was 25 degrees with a stiff wind, All I had on was pants, a sweatshirt and a hat, left my jacket and gloves with the stuff I dropped and I wasnt cold for a second. Adrenalines an amazing medicine..My heart starts beating a bit faster everytime I replay the scenario in my head and think of what I could have done differently. Cant wait til Oct 1 2014...

 

PS. If anyone is proficient at creating food plots and can give me some pointers let me know.. Im already picturing that spot for next year  : )  I have a habit of trekking haf a mile up a mountain and having the deer a few steps from the house

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