I feel your frustration Sparky...Thursday morning I had a shooter broadside at 12 yards, but he was on my right side and I couldn't get in position for a shot (I hunt off the ground, no blind). So then Saturday night I have an even bigger shooter mulling around for a good half hour at about 50 to 60 yards. Hit him with a grunt, but he wouldn't leave his doe's side. Doe finally makes her way through my shooting lane at 30 yards. When the buck steps behind a tree, I come to full draw fully anticipating getting a shot, only only he walks through my shooting lane with his rear facing me. I hold my draw hoping he will turn and give me a shot, when I look to my right and standing there at 8 yards staring me in the face is the shooter I had an encounter with on Thursday. He spooks and the bigger buck never came any closer. Then tonight, i decided to sit in a dead fall closer to where I saw the bigger buck on Saturday. Five minutes before the end of LST, here he comes, trailing a doe down a trail, only he comes to my right side. Naturally, that was the only direction I couldn't shoot, so I'm just sitting there staring at what would be my biggest buck to date at 15 yards broadside with no shot. Hopefully one of these days his luck will run out...Saturday evening was pretty slow for me around the Earlham area which was a little surprising. There was a lot more activity Sunday morning. There has been a big guy tearing up there area im currently set at and I didnt see anything until about 8 and was mostly young guys looking for a date. None of the does seemed nervous or in a hurry at all really. About 930 I saw a good rack coming down the hill to the south of me ( I sit in a sort of a bowl along a small creek bottom) and he got to about 60 yards and started thrashing some brush and I thought he would come right down but a doe popped out to the south of him so he chased her a bit and then another doe popped out to the west of me about 80 yards away and she got his attention. She started be bopping down a trail right at me with big boy in tow and no matter which route she took, i was going to have a shot if he followed. She ended up crossing the creek about 10 yards in front of me and he stayed on the other side of the creek where it would have been maybe a 25 yard shot. I pull up and drew back and sort of readjust to get settled in and ive never had this happen before but somehow I hit the trigger on my release as i was getting settled and flung the arrow about 10 yards from him.. He actually started coming back but further to the east and he winded me and blew off all the way to Adair county. What a helpless feeling. Im still not sure how it happened, I always keep my finger firmly behind the trigger for just this reason. I wear a mitten so i can just poke my trigger finger out when it comes time so maybe my mitten brushed it? Oh well id rather it happened this way i guess then just flat out miss. I least this way i can say i definitely would have got it if my release didnt "malfuntion" right? Thats why they call it hunting and not killing.
Keep at it Dylan...Eli shoot 2 on Saturday evening...Unfortunately they were both trees...LOL
.......somehow I hit the trigger on my release as i was getting settled and flung the arrow about 10 yards from him.
My buddy and I went out on Saturday in Madison county. Quiet until around 8am then had 3 does hauling ass with a 2.5 year old hot on their trail. Shortly after another young buck came through. Next 20 minutes there was nothing but bucks chasing does doing circles around my stand. Had a shooter chasing a single doe with another young buck. Then dead. Fun to watch.
