Not a Muley, not a monster, but one of my favorite hunts..
Well it was a fast Muzzel loader weekend for sure! . We got up to my hunting land, got dressed up, Loaded up the smoke pole and headed out to the pop up blind and fired up the Mr Heater. 20 minutes later i was getting the "can we go back to the trailer" line. " No, we have to stay until dark, just 45 minutes more" Well 30 minutes later i looked out the back window of the blind and a doe and fawn were feeding our way. I made sure the boy got a good look at them, he told me to shoot so I waited until she turned a bit and took her between the shoulder and chest at 30 yards quartering towards me. Perfect heart shot. The smoke cleared and i saw her running and stumble a bunch. I zipped the door open and got the bloodhound on her trail. He did me proud! He only needed a few hints and direction changes to do the 55 yard track but he did that last 20 yards on his own. Like a dipshit i left the camera back at the camper so i had the boy wait at the kill and i hustled back just as light was fading. he was a little scared because i scared a bunch (I mean a chitload) of turkeys out of the roost and they went right at his direction and he got a little spooked with all the noise in the fading light. We got back home today, even though i have a buck tag left i accomplished my main goal yesterday and decided that my goals were complete.
Here is my Bloodhound!!
Check this out, It appears i was sitting in the wrong spot on opening day of the rifle season a couple weeks ago. I checked the camera today for the first time and if you look good you see the pop up blind we were sitting in yesterday in the background, this was noon on the opener..
Well it was a fast Muzzel loader weekend for sure! . We got up to my hunting land, got dressed up, Loaded up the smoke pole and headed out to the pop up blind and fired up the Mr Heater. 20 minutes later i was getting the "can we go back to the trailer" line. " No, we have to stay until dark, just 45 minutes more" Well 30 minutes later i looked out the back window of the blind and a doe and fawn were feeding our way. I made sure the boy got a good look at them, he told me to shoot so I waited until she turned a bit and took her between the shoulder and chest at 30 yards quartering towards me. Perfect heart shot. The smoke cleared and i saw her running and stumble a bunch. I zipped the door open and got the bloodhound on her trail. He did me proud! He only needed a few hints and direction changes to do the 55 yard track but he did that last 20 yards on his own. Like a dipshit i left the camera back at the camper so i had the boy wait at the kill and i hustled back just as light was fading. he was a little scared because i scared a bunch (I mean a chitload) of turkeys out of the roost and they went right at his direction and he got a little spooked with all the noise in the fading light. We got back home today, even though i have a buck tag left i accomplished my main goal yesterday and decided that my goals were complete.
Here is my Bloodhound!!
Check this out, It appears i was sitting in the wrong spot on opening day of the rifle season a couple weeks ago. I checked the camera today for the first time and if you look good you see the pop up blind we were sitting in yesterday in the background, this was noon on the opener..
