Shortest hunt in a long time....

[sirderrin]

Yesterday officially open gun season and it was raining and nasty all day and I had to make an 7 hour road trip so I did not get a chance to hunt... I got up this morning and did a few chores around the house etc.. When I look outside the weather was awesome so I decided about 9:30 am to ride to a spot a friend had told me to check out. It was only about 5 minutes from the house. I parked and grabbed the 7 mag. I walk about 100 yards off the road into the back corner of this little 15 acre plot. I looked around a minute and decide to have a seat in the sun behind a little sweet-gum tree and cedar tree. I was not really serious about wanting to hunt and was just looking for some quiet time in the sun... I had not been sitting there more then 10-15 minutes when a nice doe literally walk up to within 10 feet of me out of the scrub in the clear cut. The wind was very much in my favor and blowing quite strongly so she could not smell me at all. She did see me and she blew at me and did the skitter step but I did not move so she decide I was nothing to worry about... She began to amble up the way I had just walk in from.... Soon as she turned away from me I raised up and she was still so close all I could see was a brown spot through the scope at 15-20 feet... I gave her about three steps and squeezed the shot off. She dropped in her tracks. I clipped her backbone just behind the shoulders so she never even flinched once she hit the ground... So the actual hunt was under 20 minutes

I skinned and quartered her up and took her to a guy that is going to make link sausage out of her and smoke it for me. She will make some fine eating

[thywar]

Another fine day in the woods. When you least expect it....

[woodyz]

Reminds me of my shortest hunt

Driving into the lease

Stopped to open the gate

three nice fat doe stepped out of the brush onto the road

walked to the passenger side of the truck

had to load the .243

shot 2, gutted, loaded, went home

I always liked to shoot a good fat doe early in the season for meat and to get the urge to kill something over early

but that was ridiculous

[USCGME2]

Shortest hunt I ever had was for fall turkeys. My first day out one year I got to my honey hole about 0600. Got to calling and within 10 minutes I had probably 15 turkey running to me. I whipped around on one and shot it. When I got there, turns out I had two down dead as door nails! Packed up my decoy and was back at the car by 0630. Two years ago I had a huge gobbler come in to my call within 15 minutes of shooting hours. I shot, watched feathers fly, knocked him down and then watched in horror as my "dead" trophy flew off when I got up to fetch him. That was a short, exciting and miserable hunt all at the same time.

A short hunt is a real blessing. Love it when Im first one in with game.

[woodyz]

I once had a two for one on turkey too!

Also had a two for one on deer, shot through a bucks neck and hit a doe in the spine behind him.

[sirderrin]

I have gotten a lot of doubles on squirrels with a shotgun and some with birds but never on large game! That is pretty impressive!