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<blockquote data-quote="uncle_loue" data-source="post: 5767367" data-attributes="member: 7092"><p>boy this resonates. i've only gotten to hunt a couple of times this year due to being short staffed at work. yesterday I was able to take a half day and hunt the afternoon. the site im working at this week had a wma access point a half mile away so i went in at lunch time scouted, found fresh sign about a mile back from the parking area and set up for the evening on a field edge. i tucked up into brush for concealment. about 4pm a tall 8 pt comes walking out on my right and im watching him through the brush. hes got to take maybe 3 more steps and im on him for a clear shot at like 20 ft. well he suddenly stops rigid and i assume hes smelled me but i can feel the wind and its still in my favor. hes close enough i can see plainly hes not looking at me hes staring down the opposite end of the field. i follow his gaze and theres a dog and an older gentleman in jeans and a shirt just walking along. buck turns and trots away. </p><p></p><p>this older gentleman comes walkin past and sees me and the first words out of his mouth were, "why didn't you shoot that nice buck?"... i was calm and polite but explained that the buck hung up before i had a clear shot because it saw him and and his dog. he goes "well sorry if you think i messed up your hunt. anyhow im walkin my dog this way a bit and ill be coming back through in a few minutes". needless to say my hunt was over. </p><p></p><p>worst part is there was a greenway access 2 minutes down the road. he could have been walking his dog on the paved greenway trail my tax dollars bought for him but instead hes walking his dog on public hunting land in the middle of deer season. such is public land hunting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="uncle_loue, post: 5767367, member: 7092"] boy this resonates. i've only gotten to hunt a couple of times this year due to being short staffed at work. yesterday I was able to take a half day and hunt the afternoon. the site im working at this week had a wma access point a half mile away so i went in at lunch time scouted, found fresh sign about a mile back from the parking area and set up for the evening on a field edge. i tucked up into brush for concealment. about 4pm a tall 8 pt comes walking out on my right and im watching him through the brush. hes got to take maybe 3 more steps and im on him for a clear shot at like 20 ft. well he suddenly stops rigid and i assume hes smelled me but i can feel the wind and its still in my favor. hes close enough i can see plainly hes not looking at me hes staring down the opposite end of the field. i follow his gaze and theres a dog and an older gentleman in jeans and a shirt just walking along. buck turns and trots away. this older gentleman comes walkin past and sees me and the first words out of his mouth were, "why didn't you shoot that nice buck?"... i was calm and polite but explained that the buck hung up before i had a clear shot because it saw him and and his dog. he goes "well sorry if you think i messed up your hunt. anyhow im walkin my dog this way a bit and ill be coming back through in a few minutes". needless to say my hunt was over. worst part is there was a greenway access 2 minutes down the road. he could have been walking his dog on the paved greenway trail my tax dollars bought for him but instead hes walking his dog on public hunting land in the middle of deer season. such is public land hunting. [/QUOTE]
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