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Posted: 11/18/2012 10:06:30 AM EDT
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..sat in my stand Friday eve and Saturday morning over in Chickasawhatchee WMA. As I begin to contemplate coming down, a huge 8 pt walk right up under my jazz...and I literally shat the bed and missed at 20 yds. Seven hrs of driving and two hours of hiking to completely blow it at the end. Shit and jizz...it's no wonder why you missed...too busy doing "other stuff" 
ETA...oops...read your OP wrong. 
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Posted: 11/18/2012 10:06:37 AM EDT
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I was going to haha you, but I think you're probably kicking yourself enough.
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Posted: 11/18/2012 10:06:54 AM EDT
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That's why they call it hunting.
I'd still chalk it up as a success. Due to the drought and blue tongue, our deer numbers are way down. Like down 60% or more. We haven't seen shit for deer this year. |
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Posted: 11/18/2012 10:07:56 AM EDT
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wait...you had a bed in your treestand?
and you shit in it? |
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Posted: 11/18/2012 10:08:39 AM EDT
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Well that sucks!
Going out first day rifle Monday after Thanksgiving up here, Fayette Co. PA. |
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Posted: 11/18/2012 10:09:57 AM EDT
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That's why they call it hunting.
I'd still chalk it up as a success. Due to the drought and blue tongue, our deer numbers are way down. Like down 60% or more. We haven't seen shit for deer this year. Our group of five took three nice bucks within 30 minutes of each other that morning. Mine would a been the fourth and the largest by far. I did see a ton of hogs and turkeys though. Got to enjoy the outdoors as well. |
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Posted: 11/18/2012 10:10:45 AM EDT
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wait...you had a bed in your treestand? and you shit in it? Buck fever. I had a severe case of it. |
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Posted: 11/18/2012 10:10:53 AM EDT
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..sat in my stand Friday eve and Saturday morning over in Chickasawhatchee WMA. As I begin to contemplate coming down, a huge 8 pt walk right up under my jazz...and I literally shat the bed and missed at 20 yds. Seven hrs of driving and two hours of hiking to completely blow it at the end. This is why they call it hunting and not shooting! Go back for Round 2! |
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Posted: 11/18/2012 10:12:07 AM EDT
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..sat in my stand Friday eve and Saturday morning over in Chickasawhatchee WMA. As I begin to contemplate coming down, a huge 8 pt walk right up under my jazz...and I literally shat the bed and missed at 20 yds. Seven hrs of driving and two hours of hiking to completely blow it at the end. This is why they call it hunting and not shooting! Go back for Round 2! Damned adrenalin hit me so hard I couldn't see straight. I will be back. |
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Posted: 11/18/2012 10:13:49 AM EDT
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Just to make you feel better, I have no clue how that "chicken saw a watch" place is pronopunced
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Posted: 11/18/2012 10:17:09 AM EDT
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=yiq8uVMTaBY
I found video of your experience. |
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Posted: 11/18/2012 10:20:19 AM EDT
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This guy shows up in my front yard every afternoon at 4PM:
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Posted: 11/18/2012 10:23:35 AM EDT
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wait...you had a bed in your treestand? and you shit in it? Buck fever. I had a severe case of it. Buck fever gives you the shits? Time to see a doctor or an outfitter. Y'know, you're not supposed to drink the doe piss.
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Posted: 11/18/2012 10:27:25 AM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: ..sat in my stand Friday eve and Saturday morning over in Chickasawhatchee WMA. As I begin to contemplate coming down, a huge 8 pt walk right up under my jazz...and I literally shat the bed and missed at 20 yds. Seven hrs of driving and two hours of hiking to completely blow it at the end. This is why they call it hunting and not shooting! Go back for Round 2! Damned adrenalin hit me so hard I couldn't see straight. I will be back. Keep telling yourself, "it's just a fucking deer...it's just a fucking deer.."  |
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Posted: 11/18/2012 10:31:35 AM EDT
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This guy shows up in my front yard every afternoon at 4PM: http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y91/Eyesofsilver/IMG_6796.jpg http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y91/Eyesofsilver/IMG_6794.jpg That little 2.5yo is way too small to shoot. Maybe in about 2 more years I'd want to put a stand in your front yard though 
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Posted: 11/18/2012 10:34:11 AM EDT
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This guy shows up in my front yard every afternoon at 4PM: http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y91/Eyesofsilver/IMG_6796.jpg http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y91/Eyesofsilver/IMG_6794.jpg That little 2.5yo is way too small to shoot. Maybe in about 2 more years I'd want to put a stand in your front yard though
Some of that guy would be in my crock pot tomorrow morning......  He's going to grow up to be a nice big fella if he can avoid being hit by a car.
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Posted: 11/18/2012 10:44:36 AM EDT
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..sat in my stand Friday eve and Saturday morning over in Chickasawhatchee WMA. As I begin to contemplate coming down, a huge 8 pt walk right up under my jazz...and I literally shat the bed and missed at 20 yds. Seven hrs of driving and two hours of hiking to completely blow it at the end. This is why they call it hunting and not shooting! Go back for Round 2! Damned adrenalin hit me so hard I couldn't see straight. I will be back. Keep telling yourself, "it's just a fucking deer...it's just a fucking deer.."
Gonna try this from now on. Gonna try to get my mind right. I acted li,e he was gonna shoot back at me. It was truly pathetic. |
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Posted: 11/18/2012 10:52:09 AM EDT
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BTDT. With just about every type of animal in the sky, on land and in the water!
The worst for me are fish. Especially after an hour+ battle, the sucker slips the hook or chews the line just enough. Argh...... Your rifle is not set up for 20 yards!
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Posted: 11/18/2012 11:05:40 AM EDT
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A friend of mine went to Crescent City CA to Elk hunt with a buddy of his that had waited 18 years for an Elk tag, and finally got one.
No luck the entire trip, and last day he spots 3, gets a shot off as they head over a ridge, and hits a calf. Dressed out under 90 lbs. Legal kill and all, but fuck, 18 years and gets a calf?!?! 
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Posted: 11/18/2012 11:12:23 AM EDT
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Here is me, missing a doe last Sunday morning from about 35 yards. It happens. 
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Posted: 11/18/2012 11:18:43 AM EDT
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BTDT. With just about every type of animal in the sky, on land and in the water! The worst for me are fish. Especially after an hour+ battle, the sucker slips the hook or chews the line just enough. Argh...... Your rifle is not set up for 20 yards! True. I 've got a 3-9x Nikon on see thru rings zeroed at 100 yds with 150 gr privi soft points. I should a dropped down to the irons. Then again, I was feeling like I had mainlined some crack at the moment and my wits were not present. |
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Posted: 11/18/2012 11:19:52 AM EDT
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A friend of mine went to Crescent City CA to Elk hunt with a buddy of his that had waited 18 years for an Elk tag, and finally got one. No luck the entire trip, and last day he spots 3, gets a shot off as they head over a ridge, and hits a calf. Dressed out under 90 lbs. Legal kill and all, but fuck, 18 years and gets a calf?!?! That does make me feel better. |
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Posted: 11/18/2012 11:20:08 AM EDT
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wait...you had a bed in your treestand? and you shit in it? Buck fever. I had a severe case of it. Just imagine if it were shooting back , THAT'S real fever |
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Posted: 11/18/2012 11:21:19 AM EDT
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Another board I go to, people are all saying this season stinks for deer.
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Posted: 11/18/2012 11:23:02 AM EDT
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Another board I go to, people are all saying this season stinks for deer. Been a pretty strong season in this particular WMA, but then again I think it does consistently rank top 3 in Georgia for productiveness last I heard. Bucks everywhere. |
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Posted: 11/18/2012 11:23:51 AM EDT
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Xanax is your friend
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Posted: 11/18/2012 11:25:09 AM EDT
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At least you saw a deer. I was out with my son for the last 3 Saturdays and we saw nothing.
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Posted: 11/18/2012 11:26:27 AM EDT
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Another board I go to, people are all saying this season stinks for deer. There's other boards? 
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Posted: 11/18/2012 11:27:10 AM EDT
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Xanax is your friend If you want to nod off and test out your safety harness.
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Posted: 11/18/2012 11:32:37 AM EDT
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Don't feel bad.....I missed the buck of a lifetime Nov 7th . I hunt with a longbow, and set up for close shots. 12 yards. MISS. I thought I might puke.
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Posted: 11/18/2012 11:34:11 AM EDT
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At least you saw a deer. I was out with my son for the last 3 Saturdays and we saw nothing. I saw three does that morning too. Just one big buck though. |
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Posted: 11/18/2012 11:34:48 AM EDT
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Xanax is your friend If you want to nod off and test out your safety harness. A nice beta blocker would work better probably. |
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Posted: 11/18/2012 11:35:18 AM EDT
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Don't feel bad.....I missed the buck of a lifetime Nov 7th . I hunt with a longbow, and set up for close shots. 12 yards. MISS. I thought I might puke. Puking is exactly how it felt to miss him. |
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Posted: 11/18/2012 11:45:15 AM EDT
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It's called "hunting" and not "getting" for a reason.
GM |
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Posted: 11/18/2012 1:34:58 PM EDT
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Quoted: A friend of mine went to Crescent City CA to Elk hunt with a buddy of his that had waited 18 years for an Elk tag, and finally got one. No luck the entire trip, and last day he spots 3, gets a shot off as they head over a ridge, and hits a calf. Dressed out under 90 lbs. Legal kill and all, but fuck, 18 years and gets a calf?!?! Hey....a calf eats way better than a rutted out old bull. I'm a big fan of dry cows over bulls. You can't eat those freakin' antlers. |
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Posted: 11/18/2012 1:41:08 PM EDT
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i hunt on my buddies farm... his girlfriend killed this last friday, 100 yards from my stand i just relocated. im happy for her.
hopefully i can find something muzzleloader season.
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Posted: 11/18/2012 1:53:48 PM EDT
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At least you had something to shoot at, I've seen one in the last 2 weekends and was unable to get a shot because the deer was running in heavy brush. Couldn't even tell if it was a doe or a buck.
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Posted: 11/18/2012 1:58:50 PM EDT
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i hunt on my buddies farm... his girlfriend killed this last friday, 100 yards from my stand i just relocated. im happy for her. hopefully i can find something muzzleloader season.
http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp58/buck19delta/securedownload.jpg I am very impressed that she looks that good in camo and safety orange. |
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Posted: 11/19/2012 5:19:06 AM EDT
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Xanax is your friend If you want to nod off and test out your safety harness. And wake up to find your whole hunting party dead and you're covered in blood with an empty rifle magazine. Oh wait, that's ambien. 
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Posted: 11/19/2012 5:22:56 AM EDT
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How did you miss at 20 yards?
ETA: Well i guess its hard to concentrate on the shot when your pants are full of goo.
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Posted: 11/19/2012 5:27:00 AM EDT
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Two doe for me with the AR.
Sorry man, practice more. 
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Posted: 11/19/2012 5:46:17 AM EDT
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I was at the Chickasawhatchee range yesterday and the RO told me about some hunters missing shots...this must've been you.
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Posted: 11/19/2012 6:02:53 AM EDT
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I once missed a 4 point at ten yards with an inline muzzleloader. Only to reload and kill it at 20 yards. It happens.
My boy missed a doe with his crossbow a few weeks back, It was less then 7 yards, 
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Posted: 11/19/2012 6:05:31 AM EDT
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At those distances you have to start thinking about height over bore
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Posted: 11/19/2012 6:27:28 AM EDT
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Hunted 2 weekend, got nothing.
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Posted: 11/19/2012 6:34:23 AM EDT
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I have been hunting for 17 years and missed a big buck last year due to buck fever, I swear if I ever lose that feeling that is when I will hang it up!
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Posted: 11/19/2012 6:40:12 AM EDT
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Late evening in a blind, 100yd shot that I can make all damn day long anywhere else and I jerked the trigger and couldn't hold steady and missed a nice buck. All I have seen previous years was doe, and they eat well enough but I guess I was just too excited to take down a decent buck. Guys heard me cussing all over the woods.
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Posted: 11/19/2012 6:54:34 AM EDT
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Anyone can miss. These guys that "dont miss" or "wont ever miss" just havent yet.
My first archery kill came right after I had just missed shooting at the same deer! I had been in stand since opening day. Literally lived in the damn tree it seemed. On the 18th day two deer passed about 150yd in front of me...story of my life, there they were, just too far for a bow. So I keep my wits about me, maybe theyll work their way back up to me. Sure enough, they did! Theyre coming at a full sprint almost! I draw...and the deer stop running, and take the next 5 minutes to slowly walk toward me. I took the shot at 20yd and missed just low. My shoulder was on fire. Nocked another arrow and put it through both lungs. Deer ran 30yd and dropped. |
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Posted: 11/19/2012 7:30:53 AM EDT
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I lived in the 'burbs for a couple years. Every day we had a herd of 10-15 come through our yard. They would graze through and sometimes stay an hour or so. You could walk outside and sometimes get within 20 ft. before they spooked.
Moved back out to rural Wisconsin a year ago. From my house I have seen 1 doe, and one buck while walking through the woods behind the house.... in a year.
Prints everywhere, droppings, rubs and beds but they don't let themselves be seen. |
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Posted: 11/19/2012 7:47:06 AM EDT
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Ha ha! Well here is my story to help you feel better. I was sitting about 5 miles back in the wilderness during archery elk season this year waiting to link up with my buddy at a certain spot. It was about 11:30 and I was messing around with my cell phone trying to text. (sometimes it works when you get up around 12k feet) I heard something moving towards me through the woods and thought it was my buddy right up until I saw the big 6x6 bull's antlers coming though the trees. Unfortunately for me (because I was being a dumbass) I had leaned my bow on my pack which I had dropped on the ground about 10 feet away and had sat down on a tree to try and send the message. The bull walked right by me 8 yards away and I didn't even manage to get a cell phone pic of it.
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