Today was the last day at my state park to hunt. Most leaves are gone so I decided to stalk instead of hang in the saddle.
I got the the North end of my park and headed West about 400 yards. Had a nice 500 yard path going south planned out. The wind was out of the south so I had that going for me, which is nice.....
I got 20 yards in and to my southwest a deer jumped out about 30 yards from me and bounded 60 yards away. He did not see me, I could barely see him. As a second year rookie hunter, I kept staring trying to get a better look. Well, he got a look at me and snorted all I saw was his white tail (and kept hearing him snort)... I waited about 10 minutes and went a little more west and then went south, but I saw nor heard nothing after that.
So, we doing my after action report -- I wondered how I could have salvaged that, or if that was even possible. I was in waist high grass. If I sat down and was still and waited a 1/2 hour would that have helped? Or once he bounded out was I done? I'd like to think if he didn't snort I could have eventually kept going.
Any advice appreciated!!
I got the the North end of my park and headed West about 400 yards. Had a nice 500 yard path going south planned out. The wind was out of the south so I had that going for me, which is nice.....
I got 20 yards in and to my southwest a deer jumped out about 30 yards from me and bounded 60 yards away. He did not see me, I could barely see him. As a second year rookie hunter, I kept staring trying to get a better look. Well, he got a look at me and snorted all I saw was his white tail (and kept hearing him snort)... I waited about 10 minutes and went a little more west and then went south, but I saw nor heard nothing after that.
So, we doing my after action report -- I wondered how I could have salvaged that, or if that was even possible. I was in waist high grass. If I sat down and was still and waited a 1/2 hour would that have helped? Or once he bounded out was I done? I'd like to think if he didn't snort I could have eventually kept going.
Any advice appreciated!!