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DakotaSage
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Yesterday could not have been any better. I spotted this buck bedded down, 650 yds away. At first I saw a strange white spot, that I figured I better get my spotting scope out, and once I did, sure enough, its is a bucks nose sticking out of the brush. I could tell he was descent, so I started my stalk, and after about 30 minutes, I was able to get on the ridge behind him. As I snuck to the edge of the ridge, I realized that he was probably less than 50 yds away, so I crept up to a rock and sat down slowly. I turned my scope to the lowest power, and sat and waited. The wind kept turning wrong, and I realized that he might wind me, so I pushed the issue a little. I decided to "cow call" just to see if he would stand up to check things out. So I called, and nothing. After three or four attempts, I started to worry that he maybe had got up and left while I was stalking him, so my next way to get his attention, was a sofball sized rock. I threw the rock like a grenade, and sure enough, he was up and running. I put the cross hairs on his chest, then pulled through to the front of his briscut, and "boom". I was a little worried at first that I had shot to far forward. As he ran, I lost him behind some trees, but I could tell he was hit good. I took a few steps up the ridge, and I could see him on the groud thrashing around. After some hooting and hollering, I went down to check him out, and he only made it about 30 yds from where I hit him. What I thought was a little far forward, was right behind the shoulder, perfect hieght. It was awesome.
