CutEm

I'm still trying to kill my first buck ever and the 8 point I have missed twice this year showed his face this morning. I have the area to myself during bow season but during rifle the woods were filled with orange and I was pretty sure someone killed him. He is not a giant but a good deer in my book. I would be proud to shoot him as my first buck. I got in the stand an hour before light this morning bundled up in the 15 degree temp. 10 minutes after light he came out of a bottom to my right making a circle and coming right towards my stand behind me. Unfortunately the wind was wrong. I had anticipated deer passing in front of me with the wind in my face. He came to about 40 yards and stopped, smelled something he didn't like, turned around and went the other way. As dissappointing as it was to not get a shot I was pumped to see him again. I haven't seen him since Nov 7. All I have seen lately is does and I thought the bucks had gone nocturnal. I have a score to settle with this deer. He keeps alluding me. I have my bonus tag filled with a doe and I will not give up till I get a buck this month.

early in

Keep at it buddy. You'll get a shot at him again, sooner or later.

mohunter82

persistance is the key.keep at it.

davidmil

Move your stand.

1shotkill1993

Persistence, it will eventually pay off.

CutEm

Thanks guys. It sounds bad that I have missed him twice already but he keeps coming in on trails I'm not expecting and I misjudge the distance. I'll keep at it. Shooting targets I'm dead on but I'm finding out (being a rookie deer hunter) that it all changes when you are shooting at a live animal where you don't already know how far the target is.

mohunter82

one thing i do sometimes. is take a target arrow with a field tip to your stand. and i pick out something maybe a leaf of a twig on the ground, guess the distance and try to hit it. i can then give my self a decent idea of yardage to certain points on whether i hit low or high.
mainly cause i'm poor and cheap at the same time and wont buy a range finder.

sr77

That is what I was thinking also. David is giving you good advice.

Shane