Last day of my season

[the blur]

I get to my land, and there is SNOW !!!!. Cool, I start walking in, found my usual log, that I sit on every weekend, after weekend after weekend. I sit down, and 2' to my left is a giant mound of deer pellets. Couldn't have been more than a few hours old. Like he knew I was coming, and left me a present.

So now I'm thinking, do I sit there, or do I move. I decided I would move left about 100 yards overlooking the foot prints where he came in, and a new area, which looked well traveled. But I never noticed it before.

Now I'm overlooking a new area of forest that is pretty thick with trees. The trees very tight together, and I'm lookng down into this valley, about 100 yards away. maybe 150 yards.

I notice a doe feeding way down below, weaving in/out of trees. The forest was thick, there was no clear shooting lane. She kept coming in/out of view, and it was hard to keep an eye on her. She'd disappear for a minute, then come back in view. My last day, and I have a doe tag.

Now she comes out, 1/2 way behind a tree, and I decide to shoot. The deer continues to feed like nothing happened!! She didn't flinch, move, run, nothing. In fact she is still feeding going in/out of view.

I'm astonished 1) I completely missed 2) she is still feeding like nothing happened. I'm like WTF ! and I'm watching her.

I rack my bolt to take a 2nd shot, and then she runs off.

I walked down, no blood, no hair, no sign of a hit...................

I'm done till next season.

[132 eight pointer]

Wish it was a happier ending for you, I have had that happen before. It is hard to believe when a deer doesn't run after being shot at but I think sometimes they can't tell what happened or what direction the sound came from maybe.Snow seems to deaden sound a bit too.(I'm sure the report was still very loud).Maybe she will be there next year for you.

[rong]

it happens,but thats what brings us back,still have a little time left,,

[wooly]

Hoping to find a few deaf/dumb ones like that this coming week to make me feel smarter then I am.

Good to hear they're getting back to some natural movement again for the late season.

[eagle rider]

Yeah I've seen that happen too. You might want to take that rifle to the range this spring just to be 100% sure its spot-on. Sorry you got skunked. It happened to all of us at some point. Next season you'll be in fat city with venison in the freezer. That's just the way it goes.

[the blur]

1. yep, it's back to the range. I've been out 5 or 6 days hunting, so maybe the scope got banged around 1 too many times. I'm going to clean it real good, and start from scratch.