Another good’n. Bought my first tree stand in 2013 and ate fajitas the night before I hunted from it.
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But you are giving it a go!Dummest thing I can think of....I waited till 45 to give hunting a go.
Man.....never never and I mean never do that!! hahahahaAnother good’n. Bought my first tree stand in 2013 and ate fajitas the night before I hunted from it.
30PFS impressiveWhen I was about 16 my cousin came up from Florida to hunt with me. We both crammed in the buddy stand and sat for about an hour before he said the ol breakfast burrito he ate earlier was workin his guts. He walked about a hundred yards away and crapped in an old stump hole. Within about 10 seconds the god awful smell hit me. Needless to say he ruined the hunt that morning.
On one of the properties we hunt there is one stand that seems to be “ snake bitten”. 3 people so far have shot does out of it and were never recovered. 2 were hunting with 30-06s and one with a 308. Funny though my buddy with his little 243 dropped one in its tracks out of that stand. All shots were less than 50 yards away. I don’t understand the issue with the other guys. There is no limbs or sunlight or anything to obstruct view.Kinda hard to think of anything other than missing a nice buck (small/medium 8-point, but nice for that area) and not knowing what the hell happened (think the bullet hit a branch and deflected). Never found any blood or hair, only tracks, and no evidence of broken limb deflection. Came home and fired a round at a target and hit the bullseye. Maybe I jerked the trigger? Can tell you one thing though, the gun I hunt with now has a medium weight barrel with no taper (kinda heavy) and a very light and crisp trigger, much improved over the previous set up and much more pleasant to shoot.
Still haven't avenged the miss with that rifle, lol. To be honest, every season before that one I'd took time to go to the shooting range before deer season and get in a few practice shots so I would be prepared for the trigger pull and recoil. I remember that year I'd rested on my laurels, and paid for it. Lesson learned.