camo658
New Member
Hey guys,
I may of possibly hit a buck tonight or missed incredibly. Okay, first it started when I decided to pack it in; It just started getting dusk and already had a couple of does puff me earlier. I decided to head back to the vehicle and started walking along the fence row; When I looked over and saw a pair of antlers moving through a thicket that ran along the fence. I honestly was just in total shock and waited till he came into a clearing. He continued on past the clearing and started walking up hill. I started to rattle alittle bit and that seemed to get his attention but he soon started moving up the alfalfa field. I soon roared and wheezed at him and he turned around and headed right towards me . He stopped about two or three yards from the fence and started making a scrape. By this time, the sun is started to dissappear and I pulled back but my release jammed. So, after a couple minutes of playing around with that, The buck just continued to stare and scrape.
Finally, I pulled back and fired.. As I shot, The buck jumped back sideways and trotted/wattled up the hill and stopped and started to blow softly a couple of times. He just stood their and walked off. Ended up either seeing two other bucks or one of them was him again coming back, walking past me in the dark (this was within 10 min after taking the shot). Now, Keep in mind there was a fence between us and he was about 4-6 yards away when I shot. So, was the buck just reacting to the sudden shot or did I hit him but it wasn't a kill shot?
I may of possibly hit a buck tonight or missed incredibly. Okay, first it started when I decided to pack it in; It just started getting dusk and already had a couple of does puff me earlier. I decided to head back to the vehicle and started walking along the fence row; When I looked over and saw a pair of antlers moving through a thicket that ran along the fence. I honestly was just in total shock and waited till he came into a clearing. He continued on past the clearing and started walking up hill. I started to rattle alittle bit and that seemed to get his attention but he soon started moving up the alfalfa field. I soon roared and wheezed at him and he turned around and headed right towards me . He stopped about two or three yards from the fence and started making a scrape. By this time, the sun is started to dissappear and I pulled back but my release jammed. So, after a couple minutes of playing around with that, The buck just continued to stare and scrape.
Finally, I pulled back and fired.. As I shot, The buck jumped back sideways and trotted/wattled up the hill and stopped and started to blow softly a couple of times. He just stood their and walked off. Ended up either seeing two other bucks or one of them was him again coming back, walking past me in the dark (this was within 10 min after taking the shot). Now, Keep in mind there was a fence between us and he was about 4-6 yards away when I shot. So, was the buck just reacting to the sudden shot or did I hit him but it wasn't a kill shot?