Duck Engr wrote:Reads like a really nice sit! Back when I deer hunted I would coyote howl to clear the field before getting down.
That sounds like a good idea.
I screwed up last night. Should have had my doe. My stands is in the corner of a field where the deer cross from all directions. It is thick brush covered around the edges which is why I'm not set up back in the woods. About 25 yards away just in the brush, I notice a lump that wasn't there earlier. "Was it there earlier, I don't think so. Is it a dead deer? Where did it come from? Was it there?" Finally, the lump moved a little. A young deer had walked barely to where I could see him in the brush and laid down. I notice another deer moving behind him and assumed it was my fun loving twins from the night before. Nope. Momma stepped out of the brush 25 yards broadside and I was not ready to shoot her. As I was trying to ease into shooting position without getting busted, she does a 90 degree turn and I've got nothing but ass to shoot at. She goes back in the bushes. Her and her son came out just beyond my comfort zone for an evening shot. Big buck, I take that shot every time. Just don't want to spend the night track a doe through the brush in the dark if I don't hit her perfect. There she feed for about 10 minutes. Junior came to within 20 yards. Decent sized button buck. Would have shot him if I didn't have one in the freezer. After they had moved off a good ways, I had a little bitty button buck feeding at 15 yards. I don't think that guy was 40-45 lbs. Definitely, not shooting him after passing on one that was about 65-70 lbs.