Huntingtyler123
10-19-2020, 06:55 AM
Was outside of Lillooet this weekend with my bow. Had to go up to the farm and help out but I got out each morning. I was in this spot with fresh rubs everywhere. I hiked in in the dark and setup. Waiting and waiting I started to hear bucks fighting about 60yards away through the bush, I couldn’t see anything. I keep up super slow, sage brush and pine cone city. I made it about 20 yards closer , still not able to see them. At this point I decide to stay put and fight the urge to creep up. Eventually they start to get closer to me and I start to see their bodies through the bushes but can’t see their antlers.
THEN this doe appears out of thin air to my left and sees me , just staring at me for what seems like forever. Please go away please go away lol. She decides to spook and run off towards the bucks that I still haven’t really seen.
I see this nice tall and narrow 2 point buck run up the hill that was in front of us. Thinking to myself this sucks! Where’s the other buck?
I see more movement and this buck is trotting off the opposite way and to my huge surprise it was a 4x4 buck! First one I’ve ever seen and I was 40-50 yards away! Had no shot opportunity. I watched him leave through my Bono’s up and over this little ridge and he just kept on going. Was the saddest thing I’ve ever seen in my life. I was shocked hahaha
so close but yet so far!
thought to share this because it was my first time watching a big buck run off and I’m sure I’m not alone lol.
40 yards is the most I’d ever shoot with my compound bow by the way.
on my way out I see a small two point, this time at 40yards away but straight down a bank. I decided to pass on the shot mostly because I wasn’t comfortable with that type of shot and didn’t want to accidentally wound him with a bad hit.
was I fun weekend out! Snow line was low already and some snow on the Duffy already too.
THEN this doe appears out of thin air to my left and sees me , just staring at me for what seems like forever. Please go away please go away lol. She decides to spook and run off towards the bucks that I still haven’t really seen.
I see this nice tall and narrow 2 point buck run up the hill that was in front of us. Thinking to myself this sucks! Where’s the other buck?
I see more movement and this buck is trotting off the opposite way and to my huge surprise it was a 4x4 buck! First one I’ve ever seen and I was 40-50 yards away! Had no shot opportunity. I watched him leave through my Bono’s up and over this little ridge and he just kept on going. Was the saddest thing I’ve ever seen in my life. I was shocked hahaha
so close but yet so far!
thought to share this because it was my first time watching a big buck run off and I’m sure I’m not alone lol.
40 yards is the most I’d ever shoot with my compound bow by the way.
on my way out I see a small two point, this time at 40yards away but straight down a bank. I decided to pass on the shot mostly because I wasn’t comfortable with that type of shot and didn’t want to accidentally wound him with a bad hit.
was I fun weekend out! Snow line was low already and some snow on the Duffy already too.