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>go out opening day of Rifle to 4000 acres of public
>have a spot picked out
>sit next to a tree looking down into a valley
>stay put for 4 hours listening to many shots from the north
>FOMO and asshurt from finally spurs me to move down the hill a bit
>get comfy
>20 minutes later see a buck on the ridge I was just on
>start to line up on him and suddenly hear snorting and running
>a wallhanger buck goes flying luke a train leaving the station just 15ft in front of me
>only thing I see after that is a button who hangs around way too long
Should have waited to move that day.
>next day, decide to try to fill antlerless tags behind my house
>a good size doe is living back there
>get out early and seat myself at the edge of a field next to a tree
>around 8am I hear snort-wheezes
>doe could see my silhouette in the morning sun at an angle I forgot to consider
So I pack it in at 10am and go out again at 2pm.
>seat myself at the edge of field at a different tree and wait
>now 5pm and have only 30 minutes of shooting light
>70 yards ahead of me through a small line of trees I see the Doe pop over a small hill
>line up my shot
>cold bore, miss over top
>she stands there and I can't believe it
>try again
>good double lung
>notice another antlerless was to her left
>double lung it
Filled my antlerless with mom and a button.
>go back out to the public land several times
>now second Friday of season with only 3 more days
>last day I can go
>I go to my spot overlooking the valley and sit for 2 hours
>get up and move to the north side of it where I can see down the valley and up the next hill
>hear something to my left
>suddenly there's a buck just 25 yards away
>carefully identify how many points it has and then make the foregone conclusion to shoot
>spine it it drops there
>make the decision to follow up with a lung shot
>now have to drag it out of a mile of hilly public land
I'm nearly too fat for that kind of effort. I got home after hanging him and slept from 4pm till 7am.