sherlockgael 107 Posted November 21, 2020 (edited) I know this deer is not very big but I dropped it because the farmer and his wife that allow me to hunt their property love venison and I haven't been able to provide them with any in a couple of years. Some interesting things about this deer/hunt. When I was coming in at about 5-45am I bumped about 4 deer out of a field. This deer was the first I had seen since then, the first deer sighted during daylight. The photo of the deer walking is the deer I shot. He walked right past one of my trail cams and I shot him literally 1 minute later. I had my Tactacam and GoPro all set up to try to get the whole thing on video. It was about 10:12am and I had just poured a coffee and taken a bite out of a chicken sandwich my wife was so gracious to pack for me. I caught something out the corner of my left eye and there he was about 40 yards from me. He was just "there". I had no time to think, I shot him when he was looking right at me, a second more and he would have seen me or got my wind as I was on the ground. I literally dropped the sandwich put him in my sights and squeezed. I didn't have time to activate either camera for fear he would see me with the extra motion. Anyhow I am grateful to be able to harvest a buck and provide the landowners with venison for the winter. Edited November 21, 2020 by sherlockgael 18 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
moog5050 19925 Posted November 21, 2020 8 minutes ago, sherlockgael said: I know this deer is not very big but I dropped it because the farmer and his wife that allow me to hunt their property love venison and I haven't been able to provide them with any in a couple of years. Some interesting things about this deer/hunt. When I was coming in at about 5-45am I bumped about 4 deer out of a field. This deer was the first I had seen since then, the first deer sighted during daylight. The photo of the deer walking is the deer I shot. He walked right past one of my trail cams and I shot him literally 1 minute later. I had my Tactacam and GoPro all set up to try to get the whole thing on video. It was about 10:12am and I had just poured a coffee and taken a bite out of a chicken sandwich my wife was so gracious to pack for me. I caught something out the corner of my left eye and there he was about 40 yards from me. He was just "there". I had no time to think, I shot him when he was looking right at me, a second more and he would have seen me or got my wind as I was on the ground. I literally dropped the sandwich put him in my sights and squeezed. I didn't have time to activate either camera for fear he would see me with the extra motion. Anyhow I am grateful to be able to harvest a buck and provide the landowners with venison for the winter. Congrats and good looking rifle to boot. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The_Real_TCIII 18929 Posted November 21, 2020 PleaseTell me you retrieved and finished the sandwich Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro 1 2 Quote I find a duck's opinion of me is very much influenced by whether or not I have bread -Mitch Hedberg Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GreeneHunter 4269 Posted November 21, 2020 Perfect ..... Will make great Steak's ! Quote Answer to No One ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sherlockgael 107 Posted November 21, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, moog5050 said: Congrats and good looking rifle to boot. Thank you-Pre 64 Winchester Model 70 in .308 Edited November 21, 2020 by sherlockgael Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sherlockgael 107 Posted November 21, 2020 49 minutes ago, The_Real_TCIII said: Please Tell me you retrieved and finished the sandwich Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro sorry to say no Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The_Real_TCIII 18929 Posted November 22, 2020 sorry to say noSo... it's still out there?Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro 1 Quote I find a duck's opinion of me is very much influenced by whether or not I have bread -Mitch Hedberg Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sherlockgael 107 Posted November 22, 2020 The squirrels probably dined on itSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpacemanSpiff 720 Posted November 22, 2020 Congratulations and beautiful rifle. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grampy 17132 Posted November 22, 2020 Congratulations! Nice buck! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dbHunterNY 5192 Posted November 22, 2020 CongratsSent from my SM-G781V using Tapatalk 1 Quote --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Upper Hudson River Valley QDMA Share this post Link to post Share on other sites