Last week while hunting for a buck I had only 4 blues to show for many miles driven plus saw a number of does and fawns. Also a moose I reported earlier, shot by a limited entry hunte.r Nice scenery was a bonus too
One evening not sure what day but I was coming out of a logging road near dusk, not dark and a deer jumps across the road in front of me. I stop the Leaf Mobile, grab the binoculars to check for horns. As I peer at the deer now standing on top of the road's bank I see a grey face and at least two horns, on each side.
I slip the rifle out of its case and step out of the drivers seat, I walk towards the deer now looking at me. I slip one shell in and raise the scope and check for horns once again, just to be sure it is a buck.
The deer is about 35 yards away, the crosshairs are lowered to the quarries head, the safety is clicked off. I hesitate a bit, do I want to take this deer as it means I will have to clean it part way in the closing in darkness. One has to be carefull also a grizzly bear does not visit the scene. Hunters have been attacked and killed a few times too cleaning their animal.
As well I had a few days before I head for home, donot want to cut the trip short. Then Gwyn and I have a hunt planned where we always get a deer so if I took this deer I would not be able to take another, this trip is always a good time as we visit a ranch up north.
With this in mind I lower the gun and the movement seems to startle the animal and it bounds off into the woods not knowing how its day and life nearly came to an end. Of course I could have missed but at 35 yards I donot think so especially the way i was getting the grouse on the wing this year.
I hope the deer now survives and enjoys the season just around the corner
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Topic: Should I Have Pulled The Trigger? (Read 3842 times)