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When was the moment that defined deer hunting for you?
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<blockquote data-quote="Vince" data-source="post: 4012129" data-attributes="member: 14750"><p>November 2013. First time ever hunting. My buddy wanted to deer hunt but he didnt want to go alone. Another friend had committed to go with him but backed out last moment. He asked me if I would come instead. I said i know nothing about this. He gave me some coaching, and all gear including boots, coveralls, heater, everything. The next day we start out at 3 am, reach the hunting place at 5am. Two blinds in the woods, he knew where they each were. Pitch dark, my first time ever in woods, first time at that place. He walks me to the blind I am supposed to sit but starts panting and says he is too tired to go to 'his' blind. In the dark, he points me to the direction of the other blind. I don't have much clue but start my walk in the dark, across a creek and atop the ridge when suddenly the blind appears in front of me. I make myself comfortable in the blind, open the zippers. I will not forget any moment of that day - how light dawned, the view of the woods, the silence of the woods, the bugs I saw, the bobcat I saw and sitting in there until 4.30pm, eagerly hoping every minute a deer would pass by, and wondering how I would shoot one if I saw one. Sat there until I heard my buddy's voice, "lets get back home".</p><p></p><p>I haven't seen a deer since then (that is, have never seen a deer in shot distance while on a stand or in a blind - last yr saw a doe at 85 yds while bow hunting) but have returned to the woods several times since then. Practised shooting a little more over last year. It's an itch that can be cured only by your presence in the woods..that tells me I am hooked. It used to be fishing that gave me this feeling, well until I started hunting...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vince, post: 4012129, member: 14750"] November 2013. First time ever hunting. My buddy wanted to deer hunt but he didnt want to go alone. Another friend had committed to go with him but backed out last moment. He asked me if I would come instead. I said i know nothing about this. He gave me some coaching, and all gear including boots, coveralls, heater, everything. The next day we start out at 3 am, reach the hunting place at 5am. Two blinds in the woods, he knew where they each were. Pitch dark, my first time ever in woods, first time at that place. He walks me to the blind I am supposed to sit but starts panting and says he is too tired to go to 'his' blind. In the dark, he points me to the direction of the other blind. I don't have much clue but start my walk in the dark, across a creek and atop the ridge when suddenly the blind appears in front of me. I make myself comfortable in the blind, open the zippers. I will not forget any moment of that day - how light dawned, the view of the woods, the silence of the woods, the bugs I saw, the bobcat I saw and sitting in there until 4.30pm, eagerly hoping every minute a deer would pass by, and wondering how I would shoot one if I saw one. Sat there until I heard my buddy's voice, "lets get back home". I haven't seen a deer since then (that is, have never seen a deer in shot distance while on a stand or in a blind - last yr saw a doe at 85 yds while bow hunting) but have returned to the woods several times since then. Practised shooting a little more over last year. It's an itch that can be cured only by your presence in the woods..that tells me I am hooked. It used to be fishing that gave me this feeling, well until I started hunting... [/QUOTE]
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