Gotta wonder what they think?

[Knothead]

If you zoom, you can see the fat old doe I shot in the field. She was the bigger of the 5. Once the smoke cleared, I could see that she was laying stone cold dead in her tracks, but the others just stood around as if they were thinking, "what the heck just happened to her?" They fed on the corn and grain in the field for another 20 mins, till pitch black dark, and finally moved on so I could get down!
I just cant understand why that wouldn't run them to a different zip code! Imagine standing around a dinner table, and all of a suddenly you hear a loud boom, and your buddy falls over and kicks a few times. I dont think I would stand there and stare!

 

[Urban_Hunter]

If I can get the video up, I have one where I shot a good buck that was chasing does. They hung around and were sniffing him and eating all around him. They eventually moved on and I reloaded. Then they came back being pushed by a 4-pt. I shot one of the does and they still hung all around... seemed like they were trying to get her up and didn't want to leave her with the 4 pt. These deer were less than 30 yds away the whole time.

 

[Crosshairy]

That happens sometimes. I've been in a spot where I could have killed 4 of them like that - they just kept running around, then coming back.

Don't complain - fill up the freezer

 

[Knothead]

.......Don't complain - fill up the freezer

No one is complaining! :crazy:

 

[bigtex]

Probably just sounds like thunder to them......

 

[catman529]

Well, why didn't you shoot another one? :grin:

 

[BigD_625]

Something about a mzl doesn't bother them.

 

[Urban_Hunter]

Here ya go!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAOpcZT_O7w

Notice when I pan back off the buck that is down I make a loud "click" as rifle bumps my stand. She looks at me, looks at the downed deer, continues on with her day.

That is another doe in the bushes, its hard to tell off of my cell phone video.

 

[Knothead]

Well, why didn't you shoot another one? :grin:

Already had two to clean. Just didnt wanna have to do three,

 

[m411b]

The shot echo's and they can't tell where it came from, so they sit tight. As long as the doe shot doesn't spook, why would the others?

Congrats on the harvest.

 

[catman529]

Well, why didn't you shoot another one? :grin:

Already had two to clean. Just didnt wanna have to do three,

one day I'm gonna shoot 3 does just to say I shot the doe/day limit. Then ill proceed to spend hours butchering them up and scrambling to find freezer space.