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So, opening day I had this guy show himself. I had been watching 2 does and after 20 or so minutes there he is in the woods edge. I put the crosshairs on shoulder and 'click'…forgot to dial off the second safety. Dial it off. Crosshairs on shoulder. Boom. About 40 - 50 yards.
Both does and he run off, tails up. No stopping and looking back. No 'low run' like he was hit. He didn't seem 'hit' but I sat tight for 30 minutes. Walked both fields, woods, everything within 300 yards. Nothing. No blood or hair at the spot he was standing. No piled up 11 pointer. Nothing.
So. Was it a miss? Did I perforate him and he ran much farther than I thought? Is there a really nice, dead buck on a property nearby?
I walked through his bedroom thicket for an hour or so thinking he may have laid down there and died. Nothing except one of his last year's sheds.
Next day, shot a doe in about the same location and she dropped on the spot. Not sure what to think. What do you all think?
Both does and he run off, tails up. No stopping and looking back. No 'low run' like he was hit. He didn't seem 'hit' but I sat tight for 30 minutes. Walked both fields, woods, everything within 300 yards. Nothing. No blood or hair at the spot he was standing. No piled up 11 pointer. Nothing.
So. Was it a miss? Did I perforate him and he ran much farther than I thought? Is there a really nice, dead buck on a property nearby?
I walked through his bedroom thicket for an hour or so thinking he may have laid down there and died. Nothing except one of his last year's sheds.
Next day, shot a doe in about the same location and she dropped on the spot. Not sure what to think. What do you all think?