My wife has had two close encounters with the smaller one...furthest away in the pic. She had him at about 10-12 yards and let him walk because of a few limbs that caused her to think twice. He slowly walked straight away from her and turned broadside out of her range. Two nights ago he snuck up behind her and she got her first wiff of a rutting buck. He stopped just over her left shoulder (no shooting lane....lots of branches for concealment), turned and walked away. The bigger of the two bucks is "new", I think. His rack looks bigger than any of the other four or five we have photos of.
On top of it all I had this doe in range late afternoon yesterday. We played a chess game for 45 minutes before she offered me a 20 yard shot. I was so stressed from our encounter I had a headache, the shakes, buck fever....call it what you will....but I knew the time to shoot her was not at that moment. She knew something was amiss and finally walked off. Once my blood pressure got back to normal and my eyes functioned once more I got down and went home....last shooting light was 5 minutes. When I checked my camera this AM she came back an hour later, with her family and a spike buck. I still have a headache!!!!
Two seasons ago I posted a pic of a big doe and I think this is her. I posted her pic and asked you guys what you thought she might weight. We can still guess if you would like. My stand is right across the swamp where I got the photo last time. Last year I had her under my stand for 15 minutes but I had already used my doe tag. Things are starting to pick up. I even found a scrape/rub under my backup stand.
Topic: Guess I'll just have to get up early (Read 635 times)
