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| MIKE GADDIS |
| HE WAS ABOUT 20 YDS BEFORE I COULD SEE HIM AND I DECIDED RIGHT AWAY I WOULD TAKE HIM IF I GOT A CHANCE. WHEN HE WAS ABOUT 10-15 YDS AWAY HE STOPPED AND LOOKED BACK WHICH GAVE ME A OPPORTUNITY TO DRAW. AS HE CONTINUED ON DOWN THE EDGE WHEN HE PASSED A SMALL BUSH HE WAS 6 YDS FROM MY TREE BROADSIDE AND I WAS FOCUSED ON HIS SHOULDER. RIGHT AS I RELEASED I SAW HIM SPIN, BUT THE ARROW WAS ALREADY ON ITS WAY. I DON'T KNOW IF HE SAW OR SMELLED ME, BUT HE SPUN 90 DEGREES AND WAS LEAVING IN A HURRY. |
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| I STARTED HUNTING IN 2003 ON 10/29/04, I TRY TO STAY OUT OF THE WOODS UNTIL THE PRE-RUT BEGINS. I HUNTED MORNING AND EVENING THURSDAY & FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MORNING THE SUNDAY 11/2/03 IN THE EVENING I TOOK MAY CLIMBER TO THE EDGE OF A CRABAPPLE THICKET TO FIND A TREE. THE TREE I HAD TO USE WAS ALMOST TOO SMALL, I HAD TO FIND A KNOT IN THE TREE TO LEVEL THE STAND. THROUGH THE AFTERNOON I HAD WATCHED 2 SMALLER BUCKS AT DIFFERENT TIMES GO ABOUT 40 YDS WEST OF ME INTO THE FIELD, BOTH WENT THROUGH AT THE SAME SPOT AND I ALSO SAW A COUPLE OF DOES OUT IN THE FIELD FEEDING. I HEARD THE DEER COMING THROUGH THE THICKET ALONG THE EDGE AND HE WAS MAKING MORE NOISE THAN USUAL. |