#2114928 - 10/16/10 08:41 PM
Don't Walk Out of The Woods Too Early!
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UTGrad
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Another lesson learned tonight!
I hunted from the ground this afternoon and never felt confident in my spot. I decided to pack it in a little after official sunset but there was tons of legal shooting light left. As soon as I walked out of my spot there were three deer waiting to come into the woods. If I had waited a little bit longer I might have scored.
Lesson learned....again
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#2114981 - 10/16/10 09:10 PM
Re: Don't Walk Out of The Woods Too Early!
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medic
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Loc: Cleveland, TN USA
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I stayed until last light and killed a nice doe tonight. Usually don't stay that late with a bow.
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#2115030 - 10/16/10 09:26 PM
Re: Don't Walk Out of The Woods Too Early!
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rbreedi1
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Sometimes I have to keep telling myself "just a little longer" lol
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#2115048 - 10/16/10 09:35 PM
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I stay till the end of legal shooting time.
Learned it the hard way.
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#2115059 - 10/16/10 09:41 PM
Re: Don't Walk Out of The Woods Too Early!
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Bowdacious
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My eyesight dictates when I leave the stand. Sometimes it is early and sometimes I can stay until the end of legal shooting time. When I can't focus good enough, I head for the truck.
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#2115078 - 10/16/10 09:56 PM
Re: Don't Walk Out of The Woods Too Early!
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LA man
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[quote=RUGER]I stay till the end of legal shooting time.
Learned it the hard way.
x2
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#2115113 - 10/16/10 10:14 PM
Re: Don't Walk Out of The Woods Too Early!
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Happens to all of us. If we lived to be a 100 years old, we would eventually learn enough lessons to be darn good hunters!
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"Know where you stand, and stand there" --Jesuit Father Daniel Berrigan
"There is no reasoning someone out of a position he has not reasoned himself into." --Clive James
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#2115144 - 10/16/10 10:30 PM
Re: Don't Walk Out of The Woods Too Early!
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medic
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yeah, I always have to leave a little early myself. I have an artificial lens in my dominant eye. Even with high quality European optics, I don't get the full benefit of those $600 scopes. I do have to get a good scope just to be on par. And forget about open sights, I haven't seen the bead on the end of my shotgun since January 17, 1991. It sends me back to the house when plenty of shooting light for folks with good eyes. oh well, I'm usually back at the house and deep into the marshed taters before Big Foot wakes up to get yall. 
I am with you on the artificial lens. I have them in both eyes.
It makes low light ruff at times.
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