Day 2: same thing stupid 5AM alarm!#! I’m thinking, why do we have to do this so early? I just wanna
sleep and go out after light! But, I get up get dressed and get out the door. It’s a little cooler today so hopefully
we will see some moving! We walk up the mountain side, find a spot and sit and wait, and wait , and wait. Did I
say a little cooler? Well it was just downright cold!! But we did see some does slowly making their way from
one side to the other. Gotta love it when there is something to watch even if your not going shoot it. Yay lunch
time! Back to the cabin make a new plan and nap alarms not so bad in the middle of the day. We get to our
spot and wait, and wait, and wait. Nothing! I’m not gonna lie I’m starting to question this whole hunting thing.
Day 3 I really want to throw something at that alarm and hope it breaks!#$*(6$! But I don’t, I get up get
dressed and walk out the door. Thank fully this morning we have a 4 wheeler to get up the mountain. It’s colder
than yesterday and I am realizing I’m not in as good of shape as I thought! This driving thing is the way to go!
Driving up a path the loggers had made we see this group of does and fawns maybe 20 feet away. We stop and
they just stare at us like no big deal. Kinda neat. Moving on cause I’m looking for a monster buck! No luck.
Lunch time! Back to the cabin eat, nap and head back out.
While looking for the perfect spot to sit for the evening it starts to rain. That makes the deer start
moving. We saw them on the side of the path we were on and decided we needed to get to a spot quick. So as
we are walking to this fallen tree we stir up this massive buck! He got away. So we sit and wait and there are 2
does walking towards us. They get within reach out and touch distance and bust us. So we decided to move for
the last few hours. We found these logs all stacked and calling us to sit on them sooo we did. There wasn’t a
good spot for both of us to sit together so I picked a spot and Larry sat a few logs away. So I’m scoping out the
woods and wondering how in the heck hunters see animals in all these trees much less even get a shot between
all the branches! I remember Larry telling me you will find a spot so don’t worry.
20 minutes or so go by and nothing. It has stopped raining. We have about 45 min till sundown I look
over at Larry and he is signaling buck up the mountain coming down towards us. So I look and see nothing. I
put my scope up and scan and sure enough I see him! My heart is pounding and I’m praying Lord if I should not
be shooting this deer then don’t let it come in range cause I will shoot it! I watch this deer slowly come down I
lose sight it a few times but thankfully I get my scope back on him. Larry was right, you will find an opening in
the trees! I found mine and I clicked the safety off. Loudly I must say. I freeze look up thinking that I’m busted
but nope so I get my scope back on him and take a deep breath and pull the trigger. Nothing!!
I look at Larry to tell me what to do, but he can’t help as the deer are so close, about 30 yards. I realize
my shell is stuck. Like a dummy I didn’t get my thang all the way closed so it jammed when I pulled the trigger.
What else can you do, I’m thinking, well, let’s see how quiet I can be I get the shell out; stick it back in the clip,
and close it up for another try (let me tell you, that makes A LOT of noise)! Deer is still there
I get him back in my sights, I can only see a piece at a time of him because of all the trees (it’s amazing
how well the blend in when you know right where they are) I’m looking for my opening and I’m thinking if he
goes any further than this spot up ahead I won’t be able to shoot cause the log next to me stuck out to far. So I
pick a spot in between two trees where there was a small opening maybe 6-8 inches wide. I see a nose pass
through the opening, then the start of a rack, then some more rack, then a neck ( I’m trying to remember if the
neck was a good shot or not. Can’t remember so I don’t take it cause I’d rather be safe than sorry) then the
begging of the shoulder then the vital area and deep breath and bang!!! It was like slow motion watching the
bullet. Holy Mackerel there are 2!? 1 goes left 1 goes right. Larry gets up and I sit there and listen and we hear
the thud. I’m sooooo excited!!!!!!!
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