Patocazador
54 Cal.
I went to a muzzleloading limited draw hunt (only 10 permits) last Friday and I only could make it about 200 yards from the parking area due to a knee problem. I sat on the ground and made a semi-blind by sticking palmettos in the ground around me.
About 2 hours later a doe and fawn walked up straight towards me before going into the thick stuff 25 yards in front of me. They didn't spot me so I thought I was OK.
40 minutes later a real nice 8 point (for Florida) came jogging from my left and due to being screened by a bunch of thick trees I didn't spot him until he was 15 yards in front of me. Startled by the sudden appearance, I raised my gun and he spotted the movement immediately and wheeled around and stopped for less than a second behind the thick trees. He then just ran straight away through the woods. I never had a chance to shoot. He would have been the biggest deer I've ever shot in Florida but it wasn't to be. I figured he would have grossed about 100 B&C points, not huge but much bigger than the public land bucks I have seen.
Oh well...... :idunno:
Later a doe moved through, jumping and twitching her tail constantly with another deer in the background which I couldn't make out. There weren't any bugs biting so I figured she was in heat.
A front moved through and I didn't see another deer through today. Feast or famine seems to be the rule.
About 2 hours later a doe and fawn walked up straight towards me before going into the thick stuff 25 yards in front of me. They didn't spot me so I thought I was OK.
40 minutes later a real nice 8 point (for Florida) came jogging from my left and due to being screened by a bunch of thick trees I didn't spot him until he was 15 yards in front of me. Startled by the sudden appearance, I raised my gun and he spotted the movement immediately and wheeled around and stopped for less than a second behind the thick trees. He then just ran straight away through the woods. I never had a chance to shoot. He would have been the biggest deer I've ever shot in Florida but it wasn't to be. I figured he would have grossed about 100 B&C points, not huge but much bigger than the public land bucks I have seen.
Oh well...... :idunno:
Later a doe moved through, jumping and twitching her tail constantly with another deer in the background which I couldn't make out. There weren't any bugs biting so I figured she was in heat.
A front moved through and I didn't see another deer through today. Feast or famine seems to be the rule.
