NEVER had buck fever before. Always Mr cool until after game is down.
No more :redface: Sunday AM after sitting two days on water finally had a buck come in. Saw movement, saw an antler, expected to see a forked horn mulie. Grab TC, silently cock, slllooowwwly bring gun up. Deer stopped behnd trees (right?). Finally comes creeping out. OMG it is a trophy wall hanging book making white tail (coes deer). :redface: :redface: :redface: at 35 yds sights all over deer, shaking almost hyperventilating. TRIED to squeeze trigger, wouldn't shoot? Forgot set trigger. Set trigger, deer behind brush all the way to water. I had one shot, head shot. Dont do it says me. Heck he's 25 feet away! KILL IT. Fired and watched him bounce away thoroughly wet from the splash. Took 3 hrs to calm down.
Now why would that happen after 45 years of MR Cool? I have shot really big 6 pt bull elk as MR Cool, a 30 inch mulie as Mr Cool, and numerous other big game. BUT THIS TIME? Only thing I can think is because it was a coes deer and a big un and I have never seen a coes deer buck. Several does had come in. They weighed about 50 lbs. This guy was fat and estimate 110lbs on hoof.
Anyway work is still here Will try to get back for another 5-6 hr water hole time. Maybe he's calmed down? Didn't haul arse away like you'd expect?
FUN though, seen several groups of mulies, 3 groups of white tail, does, several singles of each, a wounded? crippled cow elk. 650 tree rats (as close as 4 feet), watched a large red tail hawk attack a squirrel and it got away. Watched a smaller hawk take a 10 min bath. Saw a redish flash of a black bear at 150 yds hauling butt (no clue what scared him, I was too far away and nothing ever winded me?).
So what ya think made me a buck failure? Literally close enough for any pistol shot and I couldn't fire!! Then missed at 25 feet
Might have to start fishin more. :shake:
No more :redface: Sunday AM after sitting two days on water finally had a buck come in. Saw movement, saw an antler, expected to see a forked horn mulie. Grab TC, silently cock, slllooowwwly bring gun up. Deer stopped behnd trees (right?). Finally comes creeping out. OMG it is a trophy wall hanging book making white tail (coes deer). :redface: :redface: :redface: at 35 yds sights all over deer, shaking almost hyperventilating. TRIED to squeeze trigger, wouldn't shoot? Forgot set trigger. Set trigger, deer behind brush all the way to water. I had one shot, head shot. Dont do it says me. Heck he's 25 feet away! KILL IT. Fired and watched him bounce away thoroughly wet from the splash. Took 3 hrs to calm down.
Now why would that happen after 45 years of MR Cool? I have shot really big 6 pt bull elk as MR Cool, a 30 inch mulie as Mr Cool, and numerous other big game. BUT THIS TIME? Only thing I can think is because it was a coes deer and a big un and I have never seen a coes deer buck. Several does had come in. They weighed about 50 lbs. This guy was fat and estimate 110lbs on hoof.
Anyway work is still here Will try to get back for another 5-6 hr water hole time. Maybe he's calmed down? Didn't haul arse away like you'd expect?
FUN though, seen several groups of mulies, 3 groups of white tail, does, several singles of each, a wounded? crippled cow elk. 650 tree rats (as close as 4 feet), watched a large red tail hawk attack a squirrel and it got away. Watched a smaller hawk take a 10 min bath. Saw a redish flash of a black bear at 150 yds hauling butt (no clue what scared him, I was too far away and nothing ever winded me?).
So what ya think made me a buck failure? Literally close enough for any pistol shot and I couldn't fire!! Then missed at 25 feet
Might have to start fishin more. :shake: