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<blockquote data-quote="gary66" data-source="post: 5248418" data-attributes="member: 16621"><p>blind hunting is tough, I am almost always glassing so I don't get board. </p><p></p><p>Hunted with a youngish man and his son this year, not together but the same farm. When we met up in the evening we talked. They had seen 2 deer jump as they left for the day, disappointed and excited. I asked if they had bino's they said yes and then mumbled something about looking through their scope. My advice was the deer were there, they just didn't see them because they weren't looking, they need to be glassing and see the deer before being seen. I had just arrived earlier that day and hadn't gone yet.</p><p></p><p>Next day I'm up and out before all but 1 of 6 of us are even up. Years ago I scouted out the farm, locked in all the sign, created a map of the place and still use it today, the patterns are clear with the map. By 10am I had a deer down, but would never have seen it without glassing. I saw it's hind sticking out on one side of a tree, head and neck the other. Standing still except for pounding a hoof It new something was wrong but hard't picked me up. It was the shot opportunity that decide it for me, a tough neck shot, my heart raced at the opportunity, the Mossburg went off, the deer hit the ground.</p><p></p><p>I saw the kid later, he asked how it happened and I said I saw it before it saw me. Don't know if they brought anything home as I left, but I hope the kid puts down the phone he was playing with to bide his time (his words) and starts hunting like he means it.</p><p></p><p>I had hunted with his dad when he was a kid, he still tells stories about me, used that very Mossburg then too. Just before leaving I showed him the new scope that sat on the 12ga. I could see the emotions stirring in him as he held it. He said "the Mossburg took another one". Took me a second then smiled and said "Yes it did".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gary66, post: 5248418, member: 16621"] blind hunting is tough, I am almost always glassing so I don't get board. Hunted with a youngish man and his son this year, not together but the same farm. When we met up in the evening we talked. They had seen 2 deer jump as they left for the day, disappointed and excited. I asked if they had bino's they said yes and then mumbled something about looking through their scope. My advice was the deer were there, they just didn't see them because they weren't looking, they need to be glassing and see the deer before being seen. I had just arrived earlier that day and hadn't gone yet. Next day I'm up and out before all but 1 of 6 of us are even up. Years ago I scouted out the farm, locked in all the sign, created a map of the place and still use it today, the patterns are clear with the map. By 10am I had a deer down, but would never have seen it without glassing. I saw it's hind sticking out on one side of a tree, head and neck the other. Standing still except for pounding a hoof It new something was wrong but hard't picked me up. It was the shot opportunity that decide it for me, a tough neck shot, my heart raced at the opportunity, the Mossburg went off, the deer hit the ground. I saw the kid later, he asked how it happened and I said I saw it before it saw me. Don't know if they brought anything home as I left, but I hope the kid puts down the phone he was playing with to bide his time (his words) and starts hunting like he means it. I had hunted with his dad when he was a kid, he still tells stories about me, used that very Mossburg then too. Just before leaving I showed him the new scope that sat on the 12ga. I could see the emotions stirring in him as he held it. He said "the Mossburg took another one". Took me a second then smiled and said "Yes it did". [/QUOTE]
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