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<blockquote data-quote="FullAuto" data-source="post: 4179305" data-attributes="member: 5110"><p>Day 3 afternoon:</p><p>I've taken 3 shots and killed 3 deer. I'm not interested in shooting anything. I'm here to take pics. My buddy and I are still the only 2 that have killed anything. We agree to take the guy that has never killed anything and put him in a good spot and we'll just go hang out together in the same blind looking over the smallest food plot and a large hay field. We pick this spot because it was the closest LARGE Banks blind (owner has a mixture of 2 person and 4 person versions).</p><p></p><p>So we park the truck, point the other guy to his stand and we take off walking into the hay field on the opposite site of the blind. We don't make it 100 yards and my buddy freezes and asks, "are there deer right next to the blind?" I'm near-sighted. I can barely see the blind and it's the size of a small car. Scope up and there are 2 does behind the stand. They are grazing the food plot at 1 P.M. I dig out the range finder. 505 yards to the blind. It won't even pick up the deer. They are 550-600+. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Buddy asks me if I'm going to shoot. Hell no.</p><p></p><p>In the dead center of this hay field, there is an old, wooden deer stand that the seat and floor is missing from. Probably hadn't been used since the 80s or 90s. There are a few very small trees around it that are missed when they bale the field. None of the trees are larger diameter than your leg. We decide that if we can make it there without spooking the deer, my buddy will take a shot. He hunches down and starts creeping out there. I just casually walk out there because IDGAF. I honestly just want to go to the blind. I don't think we should be shooting this early.</p><p></p><p>So we make it to the center of this field and now he wants me to shoot. In the conversation with the owner the night before, he tells me 265 yards is the new record on his property. So my buddy is telling me to set a new record. I offer him my rifle. He then tells me he wants to try to shoot both at once. I tell him he can't hit them from here with his rifle. He tells me he can do anything with his that I can do with mine.</p><p></p><p>Let's add some context here. My buddy and I have the same job title. We are tied for third in the company. Other than the owner, everyone else at the hunt report to the two of us. All the managers are paid well. There was some nice gear there and most brought small arsenals to play with. There was lots of conversation and questions asked. We were all honest because any one of the group can afford any of it. As it turns out, I had the most expensive rifle there and my buddy had the cheapest. He was using a .308 Win lever action from the 1970s? with a cheap scope. The guy makes good money but is cheap. Some jokes were made previous days. He tells me his $400 setup and can everything my *insert price* rig can do. </p><p></p><p>Anyway, I tell him I'm not interested in the 2 at once shot because I don't want another deer and I know he's going to miss anyway. We had also walked up a lot and I wasn't sure it would be a new record although it did look far. He keeps telling me how good of a story it would be and I finally agree. I prone out and again, there is a hill in the way. I can't even see them on my knees, only standing. So my buddy puts his rifle across a tree branch. I tell him there's no way that's going to work. I prone out probably 5 times before I find a spot 30 yards to the right and 5-8 yards back.</p><p></p><p>Now there's a new problem. He's shooting the deer on the left and I have the right. My deer is now behind the legs of the elevated Banks blind. I'm not shooting the owner's blind. Also, I can only see from the knees up. So again, I'm going to shoot ground level for awhile. The deer takes a few steps and now I can see him, but it's to the right of the second leg and to the left of the ladder. Bullet has to travel under the blind. 2 days ago I was convinced I missed a deer at <50 yards. Today it's right of the legs, left of the ladder, under the blind, can't see it's feet at an unknown distance of 300ish????.... yeah, I can make that shot.</p><p></p><p>I ask him if he's ready and he says something I can't understand. Now I'm yelling if he's ready and he's just yelling at me to take the shoot. He's supposed to shoot off my shot since I'm running the suppressor. I shoot. Deer disappears. I look over at him and he's looking through his scope. "You got it!" Why didn't you shoot you MFer? He said he thought it was too small. BS!</p><p></p><p>The second deer never ran off. It's still down there. No we're are arguing. He asks if I want him to take the shot. I say yes. He shoots and dirt flies up 4-6 feet in front of the deer. We walked down to the blind. The other deer stayed down there by it's friend for another 2 hours. When we picked it up, from the deer to the broken down stand was 319 yards. Shot would have been at ~325.</p><p></p><p>Deer #4</p><p>[ATTACH=full]436298[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>So my weekend ended with 4 shots: 3 doe, 1 buck. My buddy got 1 doe. Another manager ended up with 2 doe on 2 shots. The guy that never shot anything had 2 missed shots Friday/Saturday. I haven't heard if he got anything on Sunday but he was staying for both morning and afternoon hunts.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FullAuto, post: 4179305, member: 5110"] Day 3 afternoon: I've taken 3 shots and killed 3 deer. I'm not interested in shooting anything. I'm here to take pics. My buddy and I are still the only 2 that have killed anything. We agree to take the guy that has never killed anything and put him in a good spot and we'll just go hang out together in the same blind looking over the smallest food plot and a large hay field. We pick this spot because it was the closest LARGE Banks blind (owner has a mixture of 2 person and 4 person versions). So we park the truck, point the other guy to his stand and we take off walking into the hay field on the opposite site of the blind. We don't make it 100 yards and my buddy freezes and asks, "are there deer right next to the blind?" I'm near-sighted. I can barely see the blind and it's the size of a small car. Scope up and there are 2 does behind the stand. They are grazing the food plot at 1 P.M. I dig out the range finder. 505 yards to the blind. It won't even pick up the deer. They are 550-600+. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Buddy asks me if I'm going to shoot. Hell no. In the dead center of this hay field, there is an old, wooden deer stand that the seat and floor is missing from. Probably hadn't been used since the 80s or 90s. There are a few very small trees around it that are missed when they bale the field. None of the trees are larger diameter than your leg. We decide that if we can make it there without spooking the deer, my buddy will take a shot. He hunches down and starts creeping out there. I just casually walk out there because IDGAF. I honestly just want to go to the blind. I don't think we should be shooting this early. So we make it to the center of this field and now he wants me to shoot. In the conversation with the owner the night before, he tells me 265 yards is the new record on his property. So my buddy is telling me to set a new record. I offer him my rifle. He then tells me he wants to try to shoot both at once. I tell him he can't hit them from here with his rifle. He tells me he can do anything with his that I can do with mine. Let's add some context here. My buddy and I have the same job title. We are tied for third in the company. Other than the owner, everyone else at the hunt report to the two of us. All the managers are paid well. There was some nice gear there and most brought small arsenals to play with. There was lots of conversation and questions asked. We were all honest because any one of the group can afford any of it. As it turns out, I had the most expensive rifle there and my buddy had the cheapest. He was using a .308 Win lever action from the 1970s? with a cheap scope. The guy makes good money but is cheap. Some jokes were made previous days. He tells me his $400 setup and can everything my *insert price* rig can do. Anyway, I tell him I'm not interested in the 2 at once shot because I don't want another deer and I know he's going to miss anyway. We had also walked up a lot and I wasn't sure it would be a new record although it did look far. He keeps telling me how good of a story it would be and I finally agree. I prone out and again, there is a hill in the way. I can't even see them on my knees, only standing. So my buddy puts his rifle across a tree branch. I tell him there's no way that's going to work. I prone out probably 5 times before I find a spot 30 yards to the right and 5-8 yards back. Now there's a new problem. He's shooting the deer on the left and I have the right. My deer is now behind the legs of the elevated Banks blind. I'm not shooting the owner's blind. Also, I can only see from the knees up. So again, I'm going to shoot ground level for awhile. The deer takes a few steps and now I can see him, but it's to the right of the second leg and to the left of the ladder. Bullet has to travel under the blind. 2 days ago I was convinced I missed a deer at <50 yards. Today it's right of the legs, left of the ladder, under the blind, can't see it's feet at an unknown distance of 300ish????.... yeah, I can make that shot. I ask him if he's ready and he says something I can't understand. Now I'm yelling if he's ready and he's just yelling at me to take the shoot. He's supposed to shoot off my shot since I'm running the suppressor. I shoot. Deer disappears. I look over at him and he's looking through his scope. "You got it!" Why didn't you shoot you MFer? He said he thought it was too small. BS! The second deer never ran off. It's still down there. No we're are arguing. He asks if I want him to take the shot. I say yes. He shoots and dirt flies up 4-6 feet in front of the deer. We walked down to the blind. The other deer stayed down there by it's friend for another 2 hours. When we picked it up, from the deer to the broken down stand was 319 yards. Shot would have been at ~325. Deer #4 [ATTACH type="full" alt="DSdeer4.jpg"]436298[/ATTACH] So my weekend ended with 4 shots: 3 doe, 1 buck. My buddy got 1 doe. Another manager ended up with 2 doe on 2 shots. The guy that never shot anything had 2 missed shots Friday/Saturday. I haven't heard if he got anything on Sunday but he was staying for both morning and afternoon hunts. [/QUOTE]
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