The Silence
PMA Member
I normally walk to my stand in my gillie suit especially when I'm using CRP as cover. As I was doing that last Saturday I walked within 10 feet of a shooter buck with a doe. He jumped up but the doe stayed bedded. He ran a short distance and stopped, waiting for her. I think he smelled me but I got down on the ground quickly behind the tall grass and hid. I waited for 5 minutes and wanting to get to my stand I slowly rose up. That's when the doe jumped to her feet, joined the buck who was still waiting and they headed over the hill.
As I continued on, I was reminded of another time where I was heading to a stand through a draw of CRP when I jumped a bedded buck in some tall grass. I had the wind to my advantage and I sat down as quickly as I could. He went maybe 40 yards, stopped and turned around to check his back trail before heading out. He could not pick me up in the gillie suit.
Both these encounters happened so fast I hardly had time to think. If I would have had an arrow nocked, and dropped down to one knee. Do you think I would have had a chance to get a shot off or do you think the buck would be so jacked up emotionally that he would bolt and possible ruin the arrow placement? Have you guys ever taken a similar shot?
As I continued on, I was reminded of another time where I was heading to a stand through a draw of CRP when I jumped a bedded buck in some tall grass. I had the wind to my advantage and I sat down as quickly as I could. He went maybe 40 yards, stopped and turned around to check his back trail before heading out. He could not pick me up in the gillie suit.
Both these encounters happened so fast I hardly had time to think. If I would have had an arrow nocked, and dropped down to one knee. Do you think I would have had a chance to get a shot off or do you think the buck would be so jacked up emotionally that he would bolt and possible ruin the arrow placement? Have you guys ever taken a similar shot?