buckgirl Posted December 7, 2009 Report Share Posted December 7, 2009 After a sleepless night of tossing and turning morning arrives. My dad had seen two bucks fighting 3 mornings ago and with the wind in our favour we head out with a sure plan. We arrive early and get settled in. Dad will post in my treestand to the east and I will be to the northwest of him in the ditch. I would rather be up high but we do not have another treestand in that area and we know there has been action there recently. This morning must be the coldest morning yet and time passes by with our breath determining the direction of the wind. All of a sudden I hear my two way radio go off. It is dad, he sees a deer by me, he is in the treestand so he can see alot more area that me. I look all around and still do not see what he is talking about. I bleet call a couple of times to see if it will bring the deer back out. Finally I see the deer, but there is two. I radio dad and he can now see them too. Oh no there are three! I sit as quiet as I could be and try to position myself behind a tree, out of site from where they are. Finally they make there way across the field and I think that they are going to follow the fence row and walk straight towards dad. I wait. I see yet another deer coming out of where these three just came from, she is following the same path. So picture this. I am blocked by a big tree so the fourth deer cannot see me and brush in front of me to the south. Directly to the east i have no cover. I am confused as to where to look I have deer all around. I can see the fourth deer headed straight towards me. I look back towards dads area to see if I can still see the other three deer and to my surprise they had snuck right into my feild and the largest doe I have ever seen is standing 40 yds. in front of me. This is great, I finally have my chance but I have no cover directly in front of me. I am ready to pull my bow back and she is now 30 yds and she stops and looks directly at me. I do not have my bow drawn. I freeze in hopes that she will continue eating and I will have my chance but instead she hops away slowly towards my dad followed by her friends. They then vere to the south and totally bypass my dad. I do not think she could smell me but rather sense the presense of something. Also she could not see my silouette due to the big tree I was standing in front of. My chance was there. Should I have risked it and drawn and tried for her or should I have remained totally still in hopes of her returning to eating. If she would have spooked she will not return. Did I make the right decision? Will she return? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kid Posted December 7, 2009 Report Share Posted December 7, 2009 there is noway you could have drawn and not had the deer spook, smart choice in my book, they'll be back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckgirl Posted December 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2009 Thank you....I kinda think that my dad feels differently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted December 7, 2009 Report Share Posted December 7, 2009 there is noway you could have drawn and not had the deer spook, smart choice in my book, they'll be back Yup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted December 7, 2009 Report Share Posted December 7, 2009 I'll agree and disagree here Sometimes when you are just about to draw and a deer looks up at you, you might as well continue through with your draw. If you are busted, you are busted, but 50% of the time, the deer will turn broadside before scooting off, just long enough for you to make the shot. However I don't fault you in any way for not going through with your draw, because I usually just freeze up too, hoping for a more relaxed shot. Too much tension and feeling rushed can be a spoiler too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NC8point Posted December 7, 2009 Report Share Posted December 7, 2009 I'll agree and disagree here Sometimes when you are just about to draw and a deer looks up at you, you might as well continue through with your draw. If you are busted, you are busted, but 50% of the time, the deer will turn broadside before scooting off, just long enough for you to make the shot. However I don't fault you in any way for not going through with your draw, because I usually just freeze up too, hoping for a more relaxed shot. Too much tension and feeling rushed can be a spoiler too. I tend to agree with you on this one I have been cold busted before and was able to draw take the shot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodtrails Posted December 9, 2009 Report Share Posted December 9, 2009 :yes::yes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MNcrittergittr Posted December 9, 2009 Report Share Posted December 9, 2009 Sometimes you can get away with drawing, other times it's the worst thing you could do. Each situation is different. I don't ever draw my bow when deer are looking at me. The only time I do is when they catch me mid-draw and it can't get any worse ya know. I definitely wouldn't worry about the deer trotting off, they will be back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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