Howdy y'all,
Still recovering from a 5 day battle with the crafty Whitetail. Opening morning, after a slow first 3 hours in the blind, Bill and I were headed out to another farm when he spotted a buck bedded with a doe in a small 10 yard square grass patch in the middle of a cut corn field. Game on, let's get him!!!!! With the howling winds we were able to sneak within about 170 yards and after a few minutes and deciding not too shoot as I could not make out his vitals where he was bedded, the joker decides to stretch his legs. "You on him Bill??? Yep, he says, so I let the Knight muzzleloader eat and pop, not bang, pop, MISFIRE. The buck doesn't hear it, and beds down 5 feet further in and I have no shot. I decide with the high wind to try and come around the topside of him and see if I can get in close. 2 hours and 100 plus yards of belly sneaking I get 20 yards awy. I am practically bedded down with him and the doe (all of this is on video). The grass is too high and I can't see him. Lucky for me, the doe he's bedded with somehow sees me and she explodes out of there and takes Big Daddy with her. Coolest sneak ever, and at the same time really disappointing. Later in the day, as Bill and I were headed back to the blind, we were stopped short by a few deer milling around on the hillside, so we decided to stay put and see what happens. The wind was howling and we were about 5 feet apart when Bill caught movement of another Deer or 2 walking into the same area as the others. The second Deer I know is a buck before I even get the Bino's up. "Monster Bill, Giant buck!!!" Bill scrambles to get the camera and tripod to the the fence to film as I get my gun rested on the fence to make the shot. In the high wind we couldn't hear each other and I didn't pull the trigger unsure if he had him on video (which he did), and the buck got into the timber and never gave us another shot. After reviewing the footage we estimate the Deer in the 180-190 class as a incredible 10 pointer. Easily the best deer I have ever seen while hunting. I sat in the ground blind the next 2 days hoping to see him again, but didn't. A couple other close calls but those 2 were the hilites. Sucks when the Deer win, but that's what makes it great when we win. Best of luck to all of you still holding tags. I'm going to bed.
Keep it Real
Canjo
