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How was everyone's opener?
Beautiful cold day where I hunt. Sat all day, but saw fewer deer than I expected. I started sitting in a natural blind I made in the woods. Didn't see anything and was surprised how few acorns were left. Moved to a ladder stand overlooking a field in the afternoon. I had a button buck picking around on the edge of a thicket for about an hour. Right at sunset a large body spike buck walked down the field towards my stand. I normally would have let him pass, but this year my leave is subject to recall if the rocks start flying after the election. Not knowing how much I'll get to hunt this year, I decided to take him. It was an easy 50 yard shot other than having to stand on the bench of the stand to shoot over a tree. At the shot he ran into the thicket and I thought I heard him crash. Went to where I thought the shot site was and found nothing. I couldn't find blood anywhere and doubt started to set in. Resorted to a blind search of the thicket and found him near where I heard the crash. There was a massive blood trail just not where I thought he went. It always amazes me how my mind can see something that didn't happen. Was shooting my favorite Knight MK-85, 110 grains of T7 FFG powder and a Harvester 300 grain PT Gold Scorpian in a Crushrib Sabot lit by a #11 cap.
Beautiful cold day where I hunt. Sat all day, but saw fewer deer than I expected. I started sitting in a natural blind I made in the woods. Didn't see anything and was surprised how few acorns were left. Moved to a ladder stand overlooking a field in the afternoon. I had a button buck picking around on the edge of a thicket for about an hour. Right at sunset a large body spike buck walked down the field towards my stand. I normally would have let him pass, but this year my leave is subject to recall if the rocks start flying after the election. Not knowing how much I'll get to hunt this year, I decided to take him. It was an easy 50 yard shot other than having to stand on the bench of the stand to shoot over a tree. At the shot he ran into the thicket and I thought I heard him crash. Went to where I thought the shot site was and found nothing. I couldn't find blood anywhere and doubt started to set in. Resorted to a blind search of the thicket and found him near where I heard the crash. There was a massive blood trail just not where I thought he went. It always amazes me how my mind can see something that didn't happen. Was shooting my favorite Knight MK-85, 110 grains of T7 FFG powder and a Harvester 300 grain PT Gold Scorpian in a Crushrib Sabot lit by a #11 cap.
Hope to get back out sometime this week if I can.
