Spent another weekend up in D14. Saw a few bucks but all were off in this distance. Had one spooked into me at 40 yards by another hunter, but he ended up behind an oak tree. I went one way around the tree, he went the other way and walked off before I get around to him. So inconsiderate.
Saturday night, I was hunting a spot where we had seen a few bucks cross a road and head up into the hills at dusk. I was set up facing downhill at a spot where three game trails converged. At about 15 minutes before the expiration of legal shooting time (it was really getting dark by then), I thought I heard another hunter coming out of the woods behind me. I looked uphill over my shoulder to "hush" him and was face to face with a beautiful 3 x 3 buck!! He did not see me and passed no more than 5 feet from me, but there was no way I could bring my bow up and turn around before he disappeared down the trail. I must have looked like one of the Keystone Cops trying to get turned around and see if I could follow him down trail but he was gone.
Now I'm trying to decide whether to head back up there again for another weekend or stay home and hunt D16....
Saturday night, I was hunting a spot where we had seen a few bucks cross a road and head up into the hills at dusk. I was set up facing downhill at a spot where three game trails converged. At about 15 minutes before the expiration of legal shooting time (it was really getting dark by then), I thought I heard another hunter coming out of the woods behind me. I looked uphill over my shoulder to "hush" him and was face to face with a beautiful 3 x 3 buck!! He did not see me and passed no more than 5 feet from me, but there was no way I could bring my bow up and turn around before he disappeared down the trail. I must have looked like one of the Keystone Cops trying to get turned around and see if I could follow him down trail but he was gone.
Now I'm trying to decide whether to head back up there again for another weekend or stay home and hunt D16....
