midwesthunter
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Well its been three seasons since I bought a deer tag in IN. Four years ago I got my son, 9 at the time into deer hunting. I decided I wouldn't hunt and just enjoy the woods and experience with him. He got a button buck his first year, then a buck and a doe every year since. Well he got his buck opening day of firearm season, and weather and our free time didn't work out to get back out again. So I sighted in his muzzle loader to get ready for that season. He was with his mom opening weekend, so I decided I would buy a tag and get me a deer. Well opening day I decided to go duck hunting with some buddies, I should have wend deer hunting because ducks weren't flying where we were. I look at the wind for Sunday and see it will shift mid morning, but the moon is just getting right. So I wait till after the wind shift and head to the woods at about 1210. Well just as I am getting through the swamp I see movement to the left 100-120 yards into the woods.
head bob here and there.
The lighting was such that it was hard to make the deer out moving in the brush, so I would just catch a tail flick or head bob, here and there. Then I see antlers moving with the does, I put the bino's on them and know its a big bodied deer and looks old. Perfect, so I bring the gun up against the tree I am standing behind waiting for a glimpse of the buck again. Well he stops in a tiny opening and looks directly at me. How did he know I was there? I hadn't moved, the wind was in my favor, I dial up the power very carefully and slowly of my scope. I have about a 6" left to right window about 50 yards between us and a small branch partially covering his vitals. Squeezed the trigger and with a puff of smoke he was gone. Some of his girlfriends were looking around like what was that? They went back to feeding and I quietly reloaded, but none of them were big enough that I wanted to shoot.
Long story short, took me 15 mins to sneak through the swamp and another 5 to wait for a shot. Which I was rewarded with a 7.5-8.5 year old whitetail that grossed 255lbs. He was a warrior, several scars on his forehead and back of the head, puncture wounds on his face.
head bob here and there.
The lighting was such that it was hard to make the deer out moving in the brush, so I would just catch a tail flick or head bob, here and there. Then I see antlers moving with the does, I put the bino's on them and know its a big bodied deer and looks old. Perfect, so I bring the gun up against the tree I am standing behind waiting for a glimpse of the buck again. Well he stops in a tiny opening and looks directly at me. How did he know I was there? I hadn't moved, the wind was in my favor, I dial up the power very carefully and slowly of my scope. I have about a 6" left to right window about 50 yards between us and a small branch partially covering his vitals. Squeezed the trigger and with a puff of smoke he was gone. Some of his girlfriends were looking around like what was that? They went back to feeding and I quietly reloaded, but none of them were big enough that I wanted to shoot.
Long story short, took me 15 mins to sneak through the swamp and another 5 to wait for a shot. Which I was rewarded with a 7.5-8.5 year old whitetail that grossed 255lbs. He was a warrior, several scars on his forehead and back of the head, puncture wounds on his face.
