Rifle season...
Saturday, November 3rd(a.m. & p.m.) and Sunday, November 4th(a.m. & p.m.) we hunted my land with very little movement.
Sunday afternoon, I got set up in a ground blind shack that borders my woods and a clear view of my neighbors front field. About 3:30, just after Chris got into his stand, a doe came out into the field. Five shots later, I had finally taken her down. Concentrating on bow hunting, I should have re-checked the scope on my rifle. My scope was way off, and ended up making a horrible shot to put the doe down.
Ended up running into a couple that was hunting my neighbors back field. They were walking out of the woods when I was approaching the downed doe. They had taken a doe and a small buck and were planning on going back out with a pickup to retrieve them. They invited me to hunt their stand if I wanted. I did. Made a quick adjustment on my scope to avoid the debacle of the shots I had made at the doe. Regardless, I did not see a deer 'til after shooting hour ended, when I was walking out of the field.
I had Monday off, and asked the neighbors for permission to go to their back field. Sally was more than accommodating. I did re-sight my rifle scope in the morning. Off I went for an afternoon hunt. Did not see anything again until past legal shooting time, when I saw a nice skyscraper buck coming out of the swamp!
Deer sightings: 3 Deer down: 1
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