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<blockquote data-quote="FullAuto" data-source="post: 4179295" data-attributes="member: 5110"><p>Day 3:</p><p></p><p>I'm back in the same location because I like the view. I've killed 2 now. I'm not looking to just rack up kills. Now I'm here to hang out with the guys and take pics. The fields are better places to get deer, so I'm going to leave those for the guys that want to get something. Of the group, I've got 2 and my buddy got 1. The other 3 have nothing, including the guy that's never shot a deer. Also, I'm only interested in taking long shots now. Most of the fields are set up for ~100 yard shots. </p><p></p><p>Anyway, I get bored and am going in early. We are supposed to stay out until around 10 A.M. It's 8:30 and I'm leaving the stand. I start walking to where I killed the deer #2 and there is a bend in the trail with another blind (empty) around the bend. As I'm walking in the middle of the trail and round the bend, there is a deer way, way down at the end. I freeze, but I'm in the middle of this clearing. I'm going to be seen shortly. My rangefinder is in my backpack in it's case. I don't know how far it is, but it looks further than the 221 yesterday. I'm thinking 350+.</p><p></p><p>I drop down prone. It rained the night before, so it's slightly muddy and the ground is still wet. So now I'm laying full prone, wet and muddy with a full custom built rifle and a deer 350+ yards away. THIS IS WHAT I'M HERE FOR!!!!! I'm laughing at myself at how ridiculous of a situation I am in over what appears to be a <100 lb doe. I look through the scope and realize I can't see over the slight hill in the middle of the trail. The deer is at a lower elevation over the crest of the hill.</p><p></p><p>So now I am trying to get up in a manner that gets me the least muddy while making all the noises a middle aged man does trying to get all the ground. Part of me wants to deer to just go away but the other part says I need it for the story of how I got so dirty. </p><p></p><p>Anyways, I walk up 20-25 yards, go to the edge of the trail and prone out. Hill is in the way. I walk up another 20-25 yards, cross sides, still a hill in the way. I walk up more. The entire time I'm doing this, the deer is walking around grazing in the middle of this trail. </p><p></p><p>The forth time I prone out, I can see from the body up. I cannot see legs. I've moved up a lot, but it's still pretty far. At least 1/3 of my shot will be traveling inches along the ground before it passed the crest of the hill. Good enough for me. LOL I take the shot and the deer disappears. I never see it run off. I get up on my knees and see the white belly. It never moved an inch. </p><p></p><p>This pic is me standing on the blood where I shot deer #2 showing my backpack that marks where I took the shot from. Deer #3 is down at the end of the trail. I'm going to laser back to the backpack because it won't pick up the downed deer. No zoom on this pic.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]436292[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p>Here is a pic of the backpack (shooting location) to the deer. This is a zoomed pic and you can zoom in the see the deer down and another deer next to it that came out to check on it's friend. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]436293[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Deer #3 turned out to be a button buck. Shot was 265 yards on the range finder. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]436294[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FullAuto, post: 4179295, member: 5110"] Day 3: I'm back in the same location because I like the view. I've killed 2 now. I'm not looking to just rack up kills. Now I'm here to hang out with the guys and take pics. The fields are better places to get deer, so I'm going to leave those for the guys that want to get something. Of the group, I've got 2 and my buddy got 1. The other 3 have nothing, including the guy that's never shot a deer. Also, I'm only interested in taking long shots now. Most of the fields are set up for ~100 yard shots. Anyway, I get bored and am going in early. We are supposed to stay out until around 10 A.M. It's 8:30 and I'm leaving the stand. I start walking to where I killed the deer #2 and there is a bend in the trail with another blind (empty) around the bend. As I'm walking in the middle of the trail and round the bend, there is a deer way, way down at the end. I freeze, but I'm in the middle of this clearing. I'm going to be seen shortly. My rangefinder is in my backpack in it's case. I don't know how far it is, but it looks further than the 221 yesterday. I'm thinking 350+. I drop down prone. It rained the night before, so it's slightly muddy and the ground is still wet. So now I'm laying full prone, wet and muddy with a full custom built rifle and a deer 350+ yards away. THIS IS WHAT I'M HERE FOR!!!!! I'm laughing at myself at how ridiculous of a situation I am in over what appears to be a <100 lb doe. I look through the scope and realize I can't see over the slight hill in the middle of the trail. The deer is at a lower elevation over the crest of the hill. So now I am trying to get up in a manner that gets me the least muddy while making all the noises a middle aged man does trying to get all the ground. Part of me wants to deer to just go away but the other part says I need it for the story of how I got so dirty. Anyways, I walk up 20-25 yards, go to the edge of the trail and prone out. Hill is in the way. I walk up another 20-25 yards, cross sides, still a hill in the way. I walk up more. The entire time I'm doing this, the deer is walking around grazing in the middle of this trail. The forth time I prone out, I can see from the body up. I cannot see legs. I've moved up a lot, but it's still pretty far. At least 1/3 of my shot will be traveling inches along the ground before it passed the crest of the hill. Good enough for me. LOL I take the shot and the deer disappears. I never see it run off. I get up on my knees and see the white belly. It never moved an inch. This pic is me standing on the blood where I shot deer #2 showing my backpack that marks where I took the shot from. Deer #3 is down at the end of the trail. I'm going to laser back to the backpack because it won't pick up the downed deer. No zoom on this pic. [ATTACH type="full"]436292[/ATTACH] Here is a pic of the backpack (shooting location) to the deer. This is a zoomed pic and you can zoom in the see the deer down and another deer next to it that came out to check on it's friend. [ATTACH type="full"]436293[/ATTACH] Deer #3 turned out to be a button buck. Shot was 265 yards on the range finder. [ATTACH type="full"]436294[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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