Tomorrow is the day

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peterk123

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I've been trying to pattern these damn whitetails on a piece of ag land. Well, after four days of sneaking around I have it figured out. I let the place sit for over a week so they should be back to their routine. And here is the best part. I have a tree I can actually climb. Thank God because trying to get them in the open is futile. And these buggers are nothing like the ones I used to hunt in Massachusetts. You spook a Mass deer they run a couple hundred yards. Montana whitetail is a whole other level of flight. They event get a hint of you, they jump up, snort and run like hell for two miles scaring the living crap out of any other animal that is bedded anywhere within a one mile radius. To put it plainly, they suck.

But, tomorrow is the day. I have a doe tag and there is one heck of a 4x4 hanging with the ladies that I would burn my general on in a second. It's on.
 
The plan was perfect. 8am and here they come. Right towards me, down the big steep hill. Three does and three bucks. One of the does drops down and starts to move across. I ranged some bushes and rocks earlier. She looks too be at thirty. I give her a bleat to stop her. Perfect. I let the arrow fly. It goes right under her. In all my years hunting I have never missed. But the shooting across a ravine threw my range estimate off. Didn't even come close. Next time I hunt here I will need time to range the animal, otherwise it's a no go. Glad I didn't nick her. Man I'm pissed at myself.

Off to the edge of a field tonight to sit in a ditch. Hopefully that group come out and come closer than last time. Which was 80 yards. 20240927_071330.jpg
 
Ranging yardage in the open is tricky, always looks closer.

I had a spot in CT I sat right on the ocean and Ive wiffed twice there with a deer crossing the open marsh because I was way off on the range..

Tough to range them sometimes before you shoot....too much movement.
 
Woot!

There was a guy on Bladeforums years ago that had a Cooper and would go hutning Antelope every year in Montana. LOOOONG shots. LITTLE animals. LOL. They are skittish and fast. It always seemed to me the difference betweeen average and trophy sized animals was mm of horn and oz of dressed weight. ;)
 
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