kansasbowhunter
Shed Head!!!
Last night I was reading a story in Awesome Whitetails III about a guy that killed a monster non-typical (I believe it was from Iowa). The story was quite amazing in that he said that the buck was actually bedded about 30 yards from him in some CRP grass and he never knew it. He said that evidently the buck never moved when he walked in to set up for the hunt.
He ended up killing it when his brother got bored and started walking in his direction. His brother almost stepped on the buck and when the buck flushed it ran by this guy and he was able to put a bullet in it. He said that he was there for over 3 hours and evidently the buck was there watching him the entire time.
I know that on several occaisions I have bumped deer when walking and I wonder how many times deer have been watching me as I sat in my tree stand.
I had a similar experience several years back when I was turkey hunting. I walked this creek bed to get to a roosting area to try to ambush a tom on his way back to roost. When I walked up out of the creek bed I immediately found a big sycamore tree to set up against, I set my gun down and walked out about 20 yards to set up my decoy and then walked back and sat down by the tree. I was there about 5 minutes and was surveying the surrounding territory when I thought I saw what appeared to be a turkeys head barely sticking up from behind a downed tree.
First off, I thought that there is no way in hell that a turkey would have sat that tight because it was about 15 yards from my decoy and I had just walked out to set up that decoy. I just dismissed the idea that it was actually a turkey and settled in for the hunt. I ended up shutting my eyes for about 5 minutes and when I opened them back up I looked back towards that downed tree and the object was still there. I pulled out my binoculars from my pack and could not believe my eyes. I could see every detail of that Toms head. I will never forget it because he had a really long noodle. He just sat there watching me. He had to have been sitting on his breast because the downed tree was not very big. I ended up shooting him on the spot and went home happy with a 19lb gobbler with 10" beard and 1" spurs.
Have you had any similar experiences???
He ended up killing it when his brother got bored and started walking in his direction. His brother almost stepped on the buck and when the buck flushed it ran by this guy and he was able to put a bullet in it. He said that he was there for over 3 hours and evidently the buck was there watching him the entire time.
I know that on several occaisions I have bumped deer when walking and I wonder how many times deer have been watching me as I sat in my tree stand.
I had a similar experience several years back when I was turkey hunting. I walked this creek bed to get to a roosting area to try to ambush a tom on his way back to roost. When I walked up out of the creek bed I immediately found a big sycamore tree to set up against, I set my gun down and walked out about 20 yards to set up my decoy and then walked back and sat down by the tree. I was there about 5 minutes and was surveying the surrounding territory when I thought I saw what appeared to be a turkeys head barely sticking up from behind a downed tree.
First off, I thought that there is no way in hell that a turkey would have sat that tight because it was about 15 yards from my decoy and I had just walked out to set up that decoy. I just dismissed the idea that it was actually a turkey and settled in for the hunt. I ended up shutting my eyes for about 5 minutes and when I opened them back up I looked back towards that downed tree and the object was still there. I pulled out my binoculars from my pack and could not believe my eyes. I could see every detail of that Toms head. I will never forget it because he had a really long noodle. He just sat there watching me. He had to have been sitting on his breast because the downed tree was not very big. I ended up shooting him on the spot and went home happy with a 19lb gobbler with 10" beard and 1" spurs.
Have you had any similar experiences???