Originally Posted by Susan
According to this guy, you just need to take a white woman with you.
I have this thing called a .45-70
According to this guy, you just need to take a white woman with you.
I have this thing called a .45-70
Sitting comfortably with the .257 Weatherby Mag. This is the shortest distance I've hunted with it.
fuego (11-18-2023)
Shot this doe at a distance close enough to poke it with a stick. Typically I would let it pass but it stayed in concealment sniffing my scent but still not too alarmed. It knew I was there and looking right at me yet all it saw was my raised rifle aiming at the kill zone. She had a buck following her and that's what I wanted to shoot. No go. She was getting antsy and so close (20 feet) I took the shot.Sitting comfortably with the .257 Weatherby Mag. This is the shortest distance I've hunted with it.
So....while I was some 75yds away from the scene in front of my portable blind, cleaning and dragging the doe back to the area I noticed something funny strange. In the 20 minutes of recovering the doe, her buck was attacking the front of my blind. It really made a mess out of that front opening. Hindsight is 20/20, if I knew better I'd sit tight and shoot the buck with it.
BAMBI!!!Shot this doe at a distance close enough to poke it with a stick. Typically I would let it pass but it stayed in concealment sniffing my scent but still not too alarmed. It knew I was there and looking right at me yet all it saw was my raised rifle aiming at the kill zone. She had a buck following her and that's what I wanted to shoot. No go. She was getting antsy and so close (20 feet) I took the shot.
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Look, as it were, through a telescope that will bring it up near to you; look into hell, and hear them groan; then turn the glass upwards and look at heaven, and see the saints there, in their white robes, with their harps in their hands, and hear them sing the song of redeeming love; and ask yourself--Is it possible, that I should prevail with God to elevate the sinner there? Do this, and if you are not a wicked man, and a stranger to God, you will soon have as much of the spirit of prayer as your body can sustain. -Charles Finney 'The Spirit of Prayer' from 'Lectures On Revivals of Religion'
BAMBI!!!
VENISON!!!
Took the last few pounds of that doe and jerkied it up today. Dude talk about raising the kill factor. Yummm.
VENISON!!!
Today I checked the zero on the crossbow. Haven't used crossbow in a few years so thought I'd better throw a few bolts down range.
Distance here was 35 yards shooting from a sitting position. I'm ready.
fuego (10-16-2024)
Tomorrow is deer hunting eve and I'm already checking everything over. Backpack is packed, blind and jet sled is already up there. Even though I've already been archery hunting there is something different about gun hunting.
Look ma I'm an operator!
Second day of the season I tagged a doe. Still have a restricted tag for taking an 8pt after I get caught up with a few homestead things. Looking forward to getting back out there.
fuego (11-19-2024)
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