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Didn't get one, but got the hunt on video
« on: September 19, 2010, 06:40:42 AM »
Well I decided to take a compound out for this hunt, as the deer just seemed to be that much farther away than I like for using my recurve for.  In the video the deer you see, as I found out were at 47 paces from me.  I had used my 40 yard floater pin, and should have aimed just a bit higher.

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After this shot, I moved my blind and left for about 2 hours, walking the rest of the property.  And wouldn't you know it, when I returned there was a nice doe not 30 yards from the blind.  I couldn't get to the blind without spooking the deer, so I just let it walk off.

After getting back into the blind, I sat there about 2 hours.  The weather here is getting on the very cool side, and caused my legs to cramp up.  So, I called it a day, and moved everything to my truck.  I looked back, and here were 3 whitetails headed right for my blind area.  I couldn't get the sneak on them because of the ground cover of fallen twigs etc, so I watched and hoped they would use a trail that headed down my way.  As luck works in either direction, so did the deer.  They headed off down a trail the other side of my new blind location.

Well, I will let the blind sit for a few days, and return for a great day in the woods.

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Re: Didn't get one, but got the hunt on video
« Reply #1 on: September 19, 2010, 06:03:02 PM »
That's why its called deer hunting and not deer killing.