90A Controlled Hunt

[cramadog2]

13 hunters.

Drive 1: I had 3 bust out 10 yards beside me in some brush and went west. No shot. Walked by another deer before he busted out about 15 yards through the brush and went west. No shot. End of drive another busts out of some brush beside me about 30 yards and went west. Again no shot. One doe came out to a blocker and he missed.

Drive 2: 3 deer went west between me and another guy. He got one shot but missed. I only heard them. Same guy had 2 more deer go between him and another guy and no shots. I heard one go between me and another guy. Blockers had 3 deer come from behind them. Must have really surprised them. 2 guys had shots at them and they missed. Turns out my 2 brothers were doing a little circle and they had one shot as well. Doe fawn came by itself to a blocker and he got it. Shot through the heart and it went 25 yards.


Drive 3: Spiker 3 pointer came to a blocker and he got it. Doe and fawn came out to one blocker, he shoots at doe and then ran to another blocker and he gets the doe. One driver had shooting at a doe and he missed. I saw one go ahead of me and heard some crashing ahead of me in the brush, but they at least kept going east. Switched positions with a guy so I could dog out the heavier brush. Deer busts out ahead of him goes between us and we both get shooting. He found blood, flagged it and we carried on. Only went 30 yards at the most and another busts out ahead of him and goes between us and we both got shooting. I was pretty sure I hit it, it almost went down when I shot. He found hair and we continued the drive. A small buck busts out ahead of him again. Didn't go another 30 yards and goes between us. His glove got caught in the safety of his gun and he can't shoot. I get one shot and he drops. I got the one horned buck that was sighted 2 weeks earlier. One side is only a broken one inch stub, the other is also broken and only 2 points remain. So he probably would have been a 6. I push 2 deer out ahead of me close, about 10 yards. 1 went north and 1 went south. I shot at the south bound deer and missed and the guy next to me also missed and it turned west. North deer was also missed. I pushed out 2 more deer. One went back between me and the guy to the south and was not shot at. I almost stepped on these deer, how could I miss, but I did with the one that went east. It eventually came out to a blocker and he also missed. Guy to the south of me had a $5 Winchester sabot misfire. It dented the primer but did not go off. Driver to the north of me and I, went back to my buck and gutted it. Went to where I hit the 2nd deer and followed the hair trail to where the blood trail of the first deer was. Followed that blood trail and not 20 yards, there was the other guys milking doe. Gutted it and started looking for my deer again. Walked another 25 yards and found my milking doe. It hit the gut before it hit the lungs and never bled.

So I saw 13 deer today and as a group I think we saw 27.

[mattc]

sounds like it was a good day

[fratri]

Wow.... sounds like a lot of shots being taken...
Glad you guys got a few...but wow..... best of luck the rest of the week

[ch312]

Wow.... sounds like a lot of shots being taken...
Glad you guys got a few...but wow..... best of luck the rest of the week

I'm sure we're not the only ones shaking our heads.

At least 9 misses. How many of those misses were really hits that left no blood trail at first? I doubt with all that action anyone took the time to track each animal that was shot at for at least 50-75 yards to see if there was blood.

I'm not trying to insult or attack anyone here, but this group needs to get thing's in order. Maybe instead of hunting tomorrow the group could spend the day discussing ethics, what a clean shot is, and practicing shooting?

[LowbanksArcher]

Wow. That's a lot of shootin. Congrats

[wrench2009]

Sounds like more time at the range is required.

[pbonura]

Sounds like little range time and trigger fingers. Play safe so everyone gets to go home. By day 2 or 3 most of those deer will be out of there.

[GW11]

Sounds like a crazy amount of action for one day! Fawns, does and yearlings all taste great so pay no heed to the elitist remarks. Maybe a few more misses than you want to see but deer always have this pesky habit of running when pushed. I'm sure all who criticize can hit moving targets with precision all day long. Funny how they don't just stand broadside and wait to be shot like on TV isn't it?

Congrats on the success and thanks for the honest post!

[Dan1]

Holy, lots of action. Sounds like your area still has a healthy deer population. 7 deer for 13 guys, keep at it and you''ll be done by Wednesday! Congrats on your success. Not too sure how big or thick your bush lots are, but try having 1 or two guys hang back to get the sneaky deer that double back behind the pushers

[LowbanksArcher]

I'm sure all who criticize can hit moving targets with precision all day long.

Sometimes the best shot on a moving target is the one you don't take. JMO