Last Saturday afternoon I climbed a tree that I knew had a vine issue, but no big deal I’ll just go in early and clear them as I go. It’s hot as crap, but I go in early and start climbing. Get halfway up the tree where the vines start and lo and behold I didn’t didn’t bring my trimmers.....
No biggie, pull out my leatherman and use it. Get up to height and the limb I wanted to trim is juuuuuust out of reach for the leatherman serrated blade. I can still shoot over it, but nothing inside 20 yds.
I get set up and pull my bow up. I’m sweating like a pig so I hang my pack and decide to cool off a bit then set up my camera. That’s when the 10 pt decided to walk out. Wide, but short tines, nevertheless he’s a no-brainer to shoot. He immediately senses something ain’t right, hits a wall and turns around and leaves. Pissed, I get the camera out and set it up. Wind was right....all I can figure is the sun was shining on something of mine and he saw it.
45 minutes later I hear a deer blow in the woods where he went back in. I’m pissed again. I know it’s not him, but this should not be happening because the wind, albeit light, is in my favor. A few minutes after that a small 6 walks out. Should be an 8, but he doesn’t have brow tines. He’s not a deer I’m going to shoot so of course he makes a damn bee line to get in front of me. 25 minutes of infinite broadside shots later I pull my phone out and take a pic of the screen on the camera....
....and slip my phone back in my pocket. A minute or so later I’m still filming him and watching for other deer when suddenly I hear “Proceed to Tabernacle road...”
I didn’t let the phone go to “sleep” before putting it in my pocket and the fabric rubbing against the screen navigated to my mapping app and decided to go for a trip.
The deer threw his head up looking right at me then just moseyed off, lol.
