#1912235 - 05/04/10 11:22 PM
When you least expected?
|
RKenney
10 Point
Registered: 03/15/08
Posts: 3634
Loc: Maury Co.
|
Offline
|
|
How many of you have killed a deer, when you least expected to?
I have always told young hunters that don't have very much
experience, to never let their guard down. You never know when
that buck (or doe) will suddenly "appear".
One of mine was in 1971. I came back to camp to eat lunch and
started to make a sandwich. We were camped right out in the deer
woods on (what I found out later) a good spot that deer crossed.
I happend to look up and look down the ridge we were camped on
and all the sudden there is a deer standing 90 yards down the
the ridge, like a statue.
I get my .270 with my Redfield Widefield scope and see that the
deer was a legal buck. I shot and killed the deer, but I don't
think I ate anything until about 8:00 that night on opening day.
I was looking forward to that bologna sandwich with a spear of
dill pickle, but it was well worth missing lunch.
I know ya'll have some good ones, so please share your stories.
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#1912252 - 05/05/10 01:02 AM
Re: When you least expected?
[Re: RKenney]
|
baller_9
8 Point
Registered: 03/24/06
Posts: 2054
Loc: Oklahoma City
|
|
Offline
|
|
Most of the time I kill or see a good one when I least expect it. I don't know why it works out like that but it does. I shot the biggest 8 point I had ever seen with 25 mph winds. He just appeared at 8:30 am in a bottom when I knew I wasn't going to see anything. Seems like I have had several similar situations where I thought there would be no way I would see a good one.
So now I sit in my stand and play mind games with myself all day. I just keep telling myself I'm not going to see a good one!
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#1912478 - 05/05/10 09:25 AM
Re: When you least expected?
[Re: MUP]
|
mathews338
10 Point
Registered: 11/05/09
Posts: 4040
Loc: jackson co.
|
|
Offline
|
|
in jan. when the doe season opens around here me and a buddy always do some deer drives just for fun to get a few does for the freezer and he lets me out on the end of a long ridge and he goes around to the other end, i'm just sitting there giving him time to get set up and all the sudden i hear a deer grunting loud so i turn around and here comes a 125" 9pt following a doe and they are walking right at me and i had my old win. model 94 with open sights, they get to within 20yds and put him down, thats the only deer a ever killed with that gun.
i didn't expect to be the one doing the shooting and thats one reason i took that gun and i wanted it to be more of a challenge to try and get a doe with that gun
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#1912594 - 05/05/10 10:59 AM
Re: When you least expected?
[Re: mathews338]
|
Winchester
Non-Typical
Registered: 12/05/03
Posts: 25335
Loc: TN
|
|
Offline
|
|
Many many times, thats why I always say you cant kil them from the couch! I learned a long time ago that even when everything isnt perfect, just being there atleast gives you a chance to kill one, where staying home is a guarantee to fail!
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#1912597 - 05/05/10 11:00 AM
Re: When you least expected?
[Re: mathews338]
|
A.K.A.
10 Point
Registered: 11/11/08
Posts: 3106
Loc: East TN
|
|
Offline
|
|
Not really when I least expected it BUT a couple years ago a young doe gave me 4 bow shots on it. I shot twice, it ran right under me. I shot again and it ran in the overgrown hedges. I climb down get my arrow and it comes out again after I return up the tree! I shot again and then had to watch it walk around since I had no more arrows!
*No animals were harmed in the making of this story.
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#1912641 - 05/05/10 11:19 AM
Re: When you least expected?
[Re: A.K.A.]
|
Football Hunter
18 Point
Registered: 10/22/07
Posts: 24708
Loc: Wilson Co/Perry Co
|
|
Offline
|
|
almost always
_________________________
The best day to plant a tree,IS TODAY!
You wont know,if you dont go!
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#1912644 - 05/05/10 11:20 AM
Re: When you least expected?
[Re: A.K.A.]
|
tndrbstr
16 Point
Registered: 10/06/05
Posts: 12157
Loc: knox co tn
|
|
Offline
|
|
The deer I have killed that were somewhat unexpected does not come to mind near a much as the deer I have let escape because I wasn't expecting to see one...I learnt far more from the ones that got away too...
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#1912932 - 05/05/10 04:10 PM
Re: When you least expected?
[Re: ]
|
rem270
16 Point
Registered: 11/15/02
Posts: 17568
Loc: south fulton
|
|
Offline
|
|
my biggest bucks to date were when i least expected it.
i killed a 120'' 8pt off the ground at about 30 yards away. i was laying down on a ridge and it was drizzling rain off and on and me and my buddy were just messing around being loud and here comes a deer. i pull myself up and he never looks over or anything. i put the crosshairs on him and my buddy stops him and i lay him down. cant believe i killed a deer like that but i did.
killed my crazy looking 13pt on a rainy afternoon. had been working on a water leak til about 3:30 that afternoon and finally had a chance to get out of there so i did. me and big8's got to the property and i wasnt in my stand 5 mins and had 2 dogs follow my scent trail to my stand. i get down, cuss them as loud as i can (big8's even heard me from aways away and called me telling me to shutup) and walk to a different stand. was there 5 mins and had 2 does come out. out of anger i dropped 1 of them. got down when and made sure it was dead and pretty much ran back to the first stand i was hunting it that day and got back in it. was there about 15 mins and out steps the buck at 125yds. i shot him and dropped him and big8's calls and ask what the crap are you shooting at now. we both couldnt believe how that day turned out.
Edited by rem270 (05/05/10 04:11 PM)
_________________________
NO1 Greater- Ky Wildcats!!
Its not what happens in life, but how you react to it that matters.
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
Moderator: RUGER, Tennessee Todd, Unicam, Cuttin Caller, CBU93, stretch, Bobby G, Outdoor Lady, TurkeyBurd
|
12168 Members
39 Forums
117644 Topics
1428445 Posts
Max Online: 756 @ 11/20/12 09:10 AM
|
|
|
The TnDeer.Com Deer Talk Forum is for Tennessee Deer Hunters by Tennessee Deer Hunters. If you enjoy using our Talk Forum and would like to contribute to help in it's up-keep. Just submit your contribution by clicking on the DONATE button below and paying with PayPal or a major credit card. Any amount is much appreciated. Thanks for your support!
|
|
|
