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Bumped a Buck
OK so here's my situation and I could use some advice on what to do.
I haven't been seeing any deer for the past week or so but still went out this afternoon as I saw some tracks that weren't there a couple days ago. I still hunt on the ground and was sitting under a tree and after an hour, decided to change spots.
I'm walking along the trail and slowed down to peer through the trees into an open field. I've been busted near this spot several years by deer in that field so I'm always looking closely.
As I paused, I turn my head to the left, deeper into the bush, and standing there staring at me is a pretty darn big buck 20 yards away. The bush between us was way too thick to get a shot off and I also wasn't sure I could shoulder my shotgun in time before he took off.
He didn't bolt, but rather trotted away, even though I'm sure he also winded me.
I backed away about 50 yards and sat there until end of legal light, but I didn't see him again.
So, do y'all think I should setup in that spot in the morning or did I ruin that spot for a while?
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Set up away from that spot if he comes out again he ll look to see if your there before entering the area you where in
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If there's evidence of Doe's around he'll come back. Doesn't sound like you have much in the way of alternatives anyway. Pick a different spot in the same area dependant on wind direction and maybe use some scent attractant. That's what I'd do.
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I shot my first buck the morning after he busted me the night before, for what’s it worth
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Thanks for the advice. He did come into where i have attractant so I'll setup where I think he might be coming into, but a ways away from where I was.
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Good luck
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Just go for it-slighly off,and good luck.
Nothing to loose anyway ....let us know. Cheers
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Update. I shot him at 7:28 this morning!
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Nice job, can’t wait to hear the story!
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Hot damn, persistence pays off.
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Awesome job-persistence pays off.
After You shake off the "shakes"please share the story and some pic.
Congratulations
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I setup just north east of where I bumped him last night. At around 7:10am I was busted by a different buck that seemed to come out of nowhere. I waited 10 minutes and headed to a spot where I've taken all my deer in previous years.
As im getting close to my spot, I see last night's buck southwest of me, heading west, nose down. I drop to my knee behind a tree and watched as he started walk north, upwind of me. I kept shifting to keep in front of me, keeping the tree between us.
Then all of a sudden he takes a head turn east towards me. There's lots of thick bush on my property so it wasn't until he was 15 yards that I had a shot and took it. He was quartering towards me, something I'm definitely not used to, but the shot was good.
I waited the 20 minutes, rushed to the house to get my dog, Trapper, and he found the buck in less than 1 minute. He's not the biggest buck on the block but he'll do nicely!
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For some reason I can't add a photo -_-
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congratulations to bad about the picture.
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this is BHANLEY deer that I have posted for him.
It is a really nice deer, congrats again
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...4296704a0f.jpg
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Fantastic, congratulations!
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Really exciting hunt, nice looking deer too, congrats
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Well done & thanks for sharing, Congrats!
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Congrats, nice to see you hd a second chance on him and it paid off
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