Today was the opening day of Kansas' muzzleloader/archery season, and I blew it. The short version is I missed a 170 class 5x4 with my bow tonight, and barely caught belly hair. The deer ran off about 100 yards, and just stayed in the field. I tried everything I could think of to scare him off, but he wouldn't leave. Finally, I got out of my blind at dark and saw him along with several other deer running out of the field. This was the same buck that got downwind of me last year 15 minutes before I shot my 165. I was hunting about 200 yards from that spot tonight. He grew a lot this year, especially in mass - the G4 on the right side was thicker than a broom stick. Probably 22" inside or so.
I don't even own a muzzleloader, either.....somebody cheer me up, please!! /forum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/frown.gif
I don't even own a muzzleloader, either.....somebody cheer me up, please!! /forum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/frown.gif