Gamover06
Well-Known Member
First saddle buck is in the books. Fought myself the entire way out on where to hunt. The night before i set up on a rub line with great deer sign all around. I left my sticks and podium to come back and sit today also. Wind wasnt great and i didnt see anything the night before so i really wanted to go hunt a different spot mainly do to wind. When i got there i climbed up and checked wind and thermals were rising. Guess i am not moving.
I am set up with a hay field 20 yards off to my left and in front of me is a 40 yard wide cattle lane that hasnt been used in 5 years. Nice and thick. Behind me and to my right it drops of into a wooded valley and the bottom is a 20 foot drop off to 20 foot wide gully.
I got on stand at 11 am and didnt really get settled into my saddle before i heard movement coming from my 7 oclock. Slowly looked behind me left shoulder and he was walking on a line 30 yards out. At 10 yards he could cut off to my left or come behind me. He choose to come behind me and passed 4 yards behind my tree. As i turned (left handed) to set up for a 4 oclock shot he looked up right at me...my mind the gig was up (he was 8 yards to my tree) but he kept walking. He had to swing around some trees and as he did i drew back trying to pick a big enough gap in the trees to shoot. I started to think real estate was running low. I stopped him at 22 yards (now at my 2 oclock). He was quartering away and i had a 2 foot gap between trees. I let the meat missle fly and burried it 5 ribs back and i came out infront of the opposite leg. He stubbled down hill 100 yards and i watched him jump off a 20 foot ledge at the bottom of the valley.
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I am set up with a hay field 20 yards off to my left and in front of me is a 40 yard wide cattle lane that hasnt been used in 5 years. Nice and thick. Behind me and to my right it drops of into a wooded valley and the bottom is a 20 foot drop off to 20 foot wide gully.
I got on stand at 11 am and didnt really get settled into my saddle before i heard movement coming from my 7 oclock. Slowly looked behind me left shoulder and he was walking on a line 30 yards out. At 10 yards he could cut off to my left or come behind me. He choose to come behind me and passed 4 yards behind my tree. As i turned (left handed) to set up for a 4 oclock shot he looked up right at me...my mind the gig was up (he was 8 yards to my tree) but he kept walking. He had to swing around some trees and as he did i drew back trying to pick a big enough gap in the trees to shoot. I started to think real estate was running low. I stopped him at 22 yards (now at my 2 oclock). He was quartering away and i had a 2 foot gap between trees. I let the meat missle fly and burried it 5 ribs back and i came out infront of the opposite leg. He stubbled down hill 100 yards and i watched him jump off a 20 foot ledge at the bottom of the valley.
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