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<blockquote data-quote="2020" data-source="post: 5132452" data-attributes="member: 21893"><p>November 1st, 2020, Sunday. The last day of the quota hunt. I had spent the two previous days in a tree stand and saw deer but no clear shot opportunities. On this morning I slept a little late camped at the WMA. I arose and prepared a hot breakfast and enjoyed it while contemplating my next move. I had seen several deer after dusk while coming back to camp the previous 2 nights and being familiar with the area elected to go there and sit on the ground farther into what I thought would be their staging area. I sat from about 7:00 a.m. until 9:45 watching this area and decided to look a little deeper for an afternoon tree stand hunt. I arose to my feet and walked slowly down a point and came upon a thicket which had been clear cut years ago. Suddenly as I was looking down into the thicket I saw the most magnificent sight ever! 2020 feeding broadside at about 80 yards oblivious to my presence. The Buck looked as large as a cow! The antlers were gleaming in the morning sun. My thought was "well, this is what I came here for! I rested my Remington ML .50 cal. scoped in-line against a tree and took aim. I squeezed the trigger and as the smoke cleared I could see the Buck was down and trying to get up. I had hit higher than anticipated breaking his spine, probably due to the downward angle of the shot. I hurriedly reloaded and kept an eye on the Buck as I traversed the distance to him. I quickly dispatched him with a second shot. Then the real work began, fortunately it was early in the day since it took me( hunting alone) about 5 hours to return to the truck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="2020, post: 5132452, member: 21893"] November 1st, 2020, Sunday. The last day of the quota hunt. I had spent the two previous days in a tree stand and saw deer but no clear shot opportunities. On this morning I slept a little late camped at the WMA. I arose and prepared a hot breakfast and enjoyed it while contemplating my next move. I had seen several deer after dusk while coming back to camp the previous 2 nights and being familiar with the area elected to go there and sit on the ground farther into what I thought would be their staging area. I sat from about 7:00 a.m. until 9:45 watching this area and decided to look a little deeper for an afternoon tree stand hunt. I arose to my feet and walked slowly down a point and came upon a thicket which had been clear cut years ago. Suddenly as I was looking down into the thicket I saw the most magnificent sight ever! 2020 feeding broadside at about 80 yards oblivious to my presence. The Buck looked as large as a cow! The antlers were gleaming in the morning sun. My thought was “well, this is what I came here for! I rested my Remington ML .50 cal. scoped in-line against a tree and took aim. I squeezed the trigger and as the smoke cleared I could see the Buck was down and trying to get up. I had hit higher than anticipated breaking his spine, probably due to the downward angle of the shot. I hurriedly reloaded and kept an eye on the Buck as I traversed the distance to him. I quickly dispatched him with a second shot. Then the real work began, fortunately it was early in the day since it took me( hunting alone) about 5 hours to return to the truck. [/QUOTE]
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