TREE TOP WAS BEDDING DOWN IN A LARGE WEED FIELD, THAT WAS OFF LIMITS FOR ME TO HUNT. I HAD SEEN HIM COME AND GO, FROM THE TREE STAND THAT I WAS HUNTING IN, ON THE PROPERTY NEXT TO THE FIELD. WHEN SHOT GUN SEASON CAME AROUND, I KNOW THE OWNERS WOULD BE HUNTING THE FIELD. I HAD A PLAN TO TRY TO CATCH THE BIG BUCK MOVING OUT WHEN THE OTHER HUNTERS CAME IN THE FIELD ON OPENING MORNING OF SHOT GUN SEASON. THIS BUCK WAS TOTALLY NOCTURNAL AND WOULD NOT MOVE UNTIL ALMOST DARK AND BE BACK IN IT'S BED BEFORE DAY LIGHT. I HAD SEEN THE BIG BUCK MOVE OUT OF THE FIELD; WHEN IT WAS BEING INVADED BY BIRD HUNTERS IN TO THE PROPERTY THAT WAS SOUTH. THIS PROPERTY WAS A HEAVILY WOODED AREA OF TREES THAT THE DEER WENT INTO TO ESCAPE FROM THE BIRD HUNTERS. MY PLAN WAS TO BE WAITING, ON OPENING MORNING, IN THE WOODS FOR HIM TO MOVE IN TO. BY THE FIRST MORNING OF OPENING DAY I WAS IN MY SET UP WELL BEFORE DAYLIGHT. THE WIND WAS JUST RIGHT, BLOWING OUT OF THE NORTHWEST. AS THE SUN BEGAN TO CLIMB THE EAST SKY, I HEARD TRUCK DOORS SLAM TO THE NORTH OF ME. THE HUNTERS WERE LATE, BUT THIS WAS GREAT FOR ME. FINALY MY PLAN WAS SET IN TO MOTION. WITH IN 15 MINUTES I SAW THE BUCK COMING MY WAY. THE HUNTERS HAD PUSHED HIM OUT OF IS BED RIGHT TO ME. AS THE BUCK CAME INTO SIGHT WITH IN TEN YARDS OF ME, I SHOT HIM BROAD SIDE WITH A 45 CALIBER MUSSEL LOADER. THE BULLET PASSED THOUGH HIS HEART AND ENDED MY HUNT. IF THE OTHER HUNTERS HAD NOT BEEN LATE, BUT ON TIME, THE DEER PROBABLY WOULD HAVE MOVED PASS ME ,IN THE DARK AND I WOULD NOT HAVE SEEN HIM.
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