Today's Report starting from 5 am
5:00 me and my dad got to our spot and hiked over some ridges that are a total b**** in the dark hell even in broad daylight that were steep and nasty and my dad tells me were to far up the ridge to get to the spot and I know we have to hike over the ridge not halfway so I have no choice but to go back Down the ridge 6:02 we made a big loop back to the car and we're back where we started so this time I led and I had crappy flashlight and I saw a reflection from bluish eyes in the dark 30 feet from me but I had no clue what it was even though I watched it for a minute before
8:00 were going over a ridge and bump a good fork with a big swollen neck and does at 40 yards. We then go a couple hundred yards down the ridge and set up to glass and try to relocate the deer.
8:05 we started glassing.
8:08 I spotted the deer and watched them for a while until my dad finally saw them after trying to point them out for 5 minutes.
8:15 the deer get out of the brush at around 350 yards led by the buck.
8:16 the buck stops I can't get my scope on him and and all he'll breaks lose. I tell my dad SHOOT!!!!! My dad fires twice missing then I fire twice at the deer while it's running he slows down my dad fires once then I shoot 2 more times and empty my gun.
8:18 He's over the ridge with his 3 does. We thought we hit him
8:35 Were at the ridge but had to go out of our way to get to the other side of the ridge to cut him off if he's still alive.
8:37 We see his does run up the way we thought he would go.
8:40 We hike down the hill slowly
9:01 were about halfway down the hill and we bump 2 fawns at 30 yards that just stare at us like they've never seen people before.
9:01-9:20 I forget the exact time but my dad gets a call from a buddy and we hear Johnny got a buck down we hoped we'd have one too in a few.
9:20 we find were he went over the ridge and we search for blood.
10:04 we give up the search after following his trail from where he was when we first started shooting till he got to the top of the ridge no blood nothing no sign we give up the search.
11:15 we take a break struggling back up the ridge across the canyon from where we saw his does not even bothering to look for deer because it was getting hot and we thought everything had gotten the hell out of their after our shooting and lack of stealth.
11:18 we hear a deer jump up out of its bed and breaking brush within a hundred yards of us.
11:19 we see the deer out in the open and it was going so fast we couldn't tell if it was a buck or a doe. I get my scope on it right as it changes it's pace from a sprint to a brisk walk and recognize it as the one we missed earlier. Legal legal I half whisper half yell I open fire get three shots off at the deer he slows down and my dad fires then I fire my last round and he disappears into the manzanita.
11:45 the deer hasn't popped back up and we can't wait any longer so we split up I go up above the brush he last went into and my dad goes below.
11:52 we get to the bush and I can't see a thing.
11:53 my dad yells Luke where are you I see the buck!!! right here I reply and maybe 10 feet from me the buck appears. Neither us can shoot for fear of hitting the other. I had the deer at 10 feet and could only see it's head and my dad had him at 30 yards.
12:13 We went back to where we hit him after trying to relocate him. No blood but I found his escape route no blood on it at all we followed his tracks to the thickest bottom I've ever seen and could hear him breaking brush.
12:30 we tried everything to scare him out of the bottom but we couldn't physically get in their and get a shot so we left. We look all around no blood anywhere and we knew we missed him.
12:40 we were heading out and decided one last look at the area for the hell of it even though we'd taken 10 shots and yelled at each other and blamed each other for our misses. right away I glassed up a doe did a horrible imitation of a grunt for the hell of it the doe saw me then decided it couldn't care less that I was their
12:50 were looking down the same canyon we missed the first time and we're on the way out and the same group of does the buck was with saw us skylined and couldn't care less we were within a hundred yards and they didn't care.
2:27 were back at the car exhausted
4-til end of legal shooting light we hunted at a different spot that was normally full of life no birds no rabbits no deer no BP no illegal aliens nothing
So all in all it was a pretty good day I wish I killed a buck though, but the seasons just starting so I'm feeling optimistic.
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5:00 me and my dad got to our spot and hiked over some ridges that are a total b**** in the dark hell even in broad daylight that were steep and nasty and my dad tells me were to far up the ridge to get to the spot and I know we have to hike over the ridge not halfway so I have no choice but to go back Down the ridge 6:02 we made a big loop back to the car and we're back where we started so this time I led and I had crappy flashlight and I saw a reflection from bluish eyes in the dark 30 feet from me but I had no clue what it was even though I watched it for a minute before
8:00 were going over a ridge and bump a good fork with a big swollen neck and does at 40 yards. We then go a couple hundred yards down the ridge and set up to glass and try to relocate the deer.
8:05 we started glassing.
8:08 I spotted the deer and watched them for a while until my dad finally saw them after trying to point them out for 5 minutes.
8:15 the deer get out of the brush at around 350 yards led by the buck.
8:16 the buck stops I can't get my scope on him and and all he'll breaks lose. I tell my dad SHOOT!!!!! My dad fires twice missing then I fire twice at the deer while it's running he slows down my dad fires once then I shoot 2 more times and empty my gun.
8:18 He's over the ridge with his 3 does. We thought we hit him
8:35 Were at the ridge but had to go out of our way to get to the other side of the ridge to cut him off if he's still alive.
8:37 We see his does run up the way we thought he would go.
8:40 We hike down the hill slowly
9:01 were about halfway down the hill and we bump 2 fawns at 30 yards that just stare at us like they've never seen people before.
9:01-9:20 I forget the exact time but my dad gets a call from a buddy and we hear Johnny got a buck down we hoped we'd have one too in a few.
9:20 we find were he went over the ridge and we search for blood.
10:04 we give up the search after following his trail from where he was when we first started shooting till he got to the top of the ridge no blood nothing no sign we give up the search.
11:15 we take a break struggling back up the ridge across the canyon from where we saw his does not even bothering to look for deer because it was getting hot and we thought everything had gotten the hell out of their after our shooting and lack of stealth.
11:18 we hear a deer jump up out of its bed and breaking brush within a hundred yards of us.
11:19 we see the deer out in the open and it was going so fast we couldn't tell if it was a buck or a doe. I get my scope on it right as it changes it's pace from a sprint to a brisk walk and recognize it as the one we missed earlier. Legal legal I half whisper half yell I open fire get three shots off at the deer he slows down and my dad fires then I fire my last round and he disappears into the manzanita.
11:45 the deer hasn't popped back up and we can't wait any longer so we split up I go up above the brush he last went into and my dad goes below.
11:52 we get to the bush and I can't see a thing.
11:53 my dad yells Luke where are you I see the buck!!! right here I reply and maybe 10 feet from me the buck appears. Neither us can shoot for fear of hitting the other. I had the deer at 10 feet and could only see it's head and my dad had him at 30 yards.
12:13 We went back to where we hit him after trying to relocate him. No blood but I found his escape route no blood on it at all we followed his tracks to the thickest bottom I've ever seen and could hear him breaking brush.
12:30 we tried everything to scare him out of the bottom but we couldn't physically get in their and get a shot so we left. We look all around no blood anywhere and we knew we missed him.
12:40 we were heading out and decided one last look at the area for the hell of it even though we'd taken 10 shots and yelled at each other and blamed each other for our misses. right away I glassed up a doe did a horrible imitation of a grunt for the hell of it the doe saw me then decided it couldn't care less that I was their
12:50 were looking down the same canyon we missed the first time and we're on the way out and the same group of does the buck was with saw us skylined and couldn't care less we were within a hundred yards and they didn't care.
2:27 were back at the car exhausted
4-til end of legal shooting light we hunted at a different spot that was normally full of life no birds no rabbits no deer no BP no illegal aliens nothing
So all in all it was a pretty good day I wish I killed a buck though, but the seasons just starting so I'm feeling optimistic.
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