well I'm all caught up again... Left early morning on the 26th headed to sweat out that big ol' axis buck... He was showing up regular until Christmas day... I sat morning and evening every stinkin' day and he was a no show... saw lots of megafawns, but not him. I did shoot his momma tho.. (or maybe his sister) 
First deer I've killed with a gun since 1995 and IT SURE FELT GOOD!!! I used my ARP custom 6.8 and she was DRT... Had 3 target whitetails and they all showed, but were broken up so I passed... Thursday morning it was so foggy, I couldn't see my feeder until 9:00 AM... bout 9:30 a nice basket rack mature 8 comes out and to make a long story short, he had been shot about an hour before (I heard a shot on the neighboring property). I didn't realize he'd been shot until he got too far out in the mesquite and I could not get a shot at him... bout 15-20 minutes after that, I hear voices... three folks came out of the brush obviously tracking the deer... I let them get within about 5 yards of my stand and I shouted: YALL HAVE ANY IDEA WHERE YOU ARE?!! The lead guy threw up his arms and literally screamed like a little girl! I scolded them pretty bad about trespassing, then gave them a ride to the boundary fence near the river... One was an older mesican guy, the other 2 were a mom and her pre-teen son... She was the shooter and felt awful about messing up my hunt plus losing her deer... I got her name/number and sure enough I found her deer the next morning... yotes had their way with him, but his head/cape were still OK. I caped him out and text'd her pics... turns out she lives very near one of our other members so he will take her the head/cape... Wasn't her fault the guy had gotten her involved in such a thing. He was an "outfitter" and had sold her a day hunt... She had no Idea where she was or what was going on... I didn't want the whole thing to leave a negative impact on her young son, so I waited until she was gone before hammering the scum bag that caused the whole thing... Had a fun week, and for the most part, was completely alone on 10,000 acres... Pics:
First deer I've killed with a gun since 1995 and IT SURE FELT GOOD!!! I used my ARP custom 6.8 and she was DRT... Had 3 target whitetails and they all showed, but were broken up so I passed... Thursday morning it was so foggy, I couldn't see my feeder until 9:00 AM... bout 9:30 a nice basket rack mature 8 comes out and to make a long story short, he had been shot about an hour before (I heard a shot on the neighboring property). I didn't realize he'd been shot until he got too far out in the mesquite and I could not get a shot at him... bout 15-20 minutes after that, I hear voices... three folks came out of the brush obviously tracking the deer... I let them get within about 5 yards of my stand and I shouted: YALL HAVE ANY IDEA WHERE YOU ARE?!! The lead guy threw up his arms and literally screamed like a little girl! I scolded them pretty bad about trespassing, then gave them a ride to the boundary fence near the river... One was an older mesican guy, the other 2 were a mom and her pre-teen son... She was the shooter and felt awful about messing up my hunt plus losing her deer... I got her name/number and sure enough I found her deer the next morning... yotes had their way with him, but his head/cape were still OK. I caped him out and text'd her pics... turns out she lives very near one of our other members so he will take her the head/cape... Wasn't her fault the guy had gotten her involved in such a thing. He was an "outfitter" and had sold her a day hunt... She had no Idea where she was or what was going on... I didn't want the whole thing to leave a negative impact on her young son, so I waited until she was gone before hammering the scum bag that caused the whole thing... Had a fun week, and for the most part, was completely alone on 10,000 acres... Pics:
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