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rossfactor:
Got in a morning hunt before work. Coming down the hill towards my makeshift ground blind. Its dark and there's a foggy breeze blowing in my face.  Feeling good about that. Get about 1/2 down the hill and the wind does a 180 turn and starts blowing on my back!! Take about 10 more steps before I hear the huff huff huff of a deer winding my and snorting its disapproval before it pronked off into the trees.  >:(

Decided I was already there so I might as well continue to the blind. Sat on the ground, brushed in for two hours as the sun slowly came up. Heard a few more deer but none came close.  About 7:30 I walked out and and slowly crept over to a rim. Fist thing I saw was a set of horns, but they saw me first. Busted again. Pronk Pronk Pronk!  :o.  Guess I'm a little rusty, early in the season. At least I'm seeing deer.

Gabe

PEARL DRUMS:
At least your hunting Gabe. We still have another 5 weeks of waiting.

JW_Halverson:
Pronk pronk?  Are you hunting mulies?  But all the bigtime professional TV show personalities say only whitetails are smart! 

Anyway, any day you get pronks is better than a day working for a living!  Atta boy, get back in the game!

rossfactor:
Pacific blacktails.  Their like mule deer's smaller, wilier cousin, with extra wile.  ;)

Yeah, the big mistake I made was assuming the hunt was over before it was. I had that forky at 15 yards, and if I had been keeping a lower profile I doubt he would have seen me.  Oh well, back to it.  I sure can' focus on anything else today. I'm sposed to be working dammit.

gabe

PEARL DRUMS:
I did the exact same thing on my first turkey x years ago. Thought it was over, stood up, and POW there he goes a million mph through the woods. On a bright note, I was happy my calls and decoys worked!

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