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Title: Quiet Old Buck.
Post by: ChrisM on November 04, 2012, 07:02:00 PM
I have been hunting from the ground this season and have had 3 encounters with a very nice mature buck.  I missed a shot the first time because my lower limb hit something.  The thing that I noticed is how slow and quiet he moves.   Its almost like he is a ghost and you have to see him before you can pick up his faint foot steps in the dry leaves.  He has not scented me yet and all three encounters were in different locations.  After tonights sighting I don't know if I will be able to drop the string if I ever get a chance at him again. I guess I'm just a softy as there is also a solid black squirel in the same area that pesters me alot but I won't shoot him either.  
Have any of yall ever had a particular animal that for some reason you always give a pass?
Title: Re: Quiet Old Buck.
Post by: YORNOC on November 04, 2012, 07:06:00 PM
Yes, a cinnamon bear when I was guiding/hunting in Alberta. Don't know what it was, but that bear was not to fall by me. I saw it within shooting range a dozen times. 300 pounds or close to it.
Title: Re: Quiet Old Buck.
Post by: huntingarcher on November 04, 2012, 07:32:00 PM
About the only thing I give passes to are button bucks.
Title: Re: Quiet Old Buck.
Post by: RedShaft on November 04, 2012, 07:45:00 PM
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Originally posted by huntingarcher:
About the only thing I give passes to are button bucks.
same here!
Title: Re: Quiet Old Buck.
Post by: ChrisM on November 04, 2012, 08:02:00 PM
But button bucks taste so good!!
Title: Re: Quiet Old Buck.
Post by: BOHO on November 04, 2012, 08:05:00 PM
only passes I give are does with spotted fawns or bucks that dont meet our minimum criteria.