Sittin' here lookin' at the forum and realizing it's not being utilized like it once was, kinda' sad.
To finish up the Zone D hunting for the year we go back to bow and M/L for the last week of February. I only shot my M/L rifle one time, had a terrible time finding my muzzleloading gear. I cleaned the bore, loaded it and fired at a milk jug full of water at about 85 yards. Not my typical tune up session but for the short place I was going to hunt I figured it would have to do. Went to the claypit and got in the little box blind that's on a small trailer frame. A bunch, I'm sayin' a big wad of deer came in to the corn just before legal time was up. Finally they all scattered and another deer took over the corn pile. It was too dark and passed legal time anyway. Never could make out antlers but I knew it was a buck. The next evening I went back and a big ol' doe came out of the bushes and a few minutes later a yearling joined her. They fed for several minutes , when all of a sudden the doe bolts and runs straight away from me. That didn't make sense, I hadn't moved and the wind was from them to me. Then the yearling took off! In just a few seconds out stepped a little 5 point. He was facing me and never did let his guard down. Finally I eased the rifle around and put the crosshairs about the where the neck and shoulder come together. When the smoke cleared I could see a white belly! So that was the end of the Panhandle deer for the season. I'd killed a doe and this 5 point on the lease and killed two 8 points on our farm. Pretty good year considering me gettin' older every year. I was not confidant in my M/L as I had not really sighted it in. For that reason I chose the short range on the lease. Well the cameras made me feel foolish, very foolish. There was a really nice buck in the food plot at the house, got pictures of him on two cameras, some of the pictures were less than 50 yards from my shooting house. Here is the best picture of him a few days before the season closed. Here he is at 4:30 one of the afternoons when I was sitting at the other site. (Time stamp is an hour off.) Maybe he'll make it through the summer and we'll try him again next season.
That's all for now.
Treefarmer
got ya some nice deer there Treefarmer
