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Walkin' Away.....

Started by KSshrewman, November 04, 2014, 08:46:00 PM

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KSshrewman

November 04, 2014, 08:46:00 PM
A ladder stand overlooking a scrape.  Cool Saturday afternoon Nov. 1st in KS.  A couple grunts.....then the leaves....then another grunt.  4 does walk into a meadow followed by a nice tall 9.  Here he comes at 8 yards to the scrape.  Perfect quartering away shot just steps away.  Nothing better!?
I draw my elkhearts back......hold for a second...and then....let down.
Huh? ..... I watched him walk away.


He was a good buck.  A buck I could have harvested from my little farm in SE KS and been proud.  But.....what was going through my mind was...this is Nov 1st.  I'm at deer camp with some good friends.  We only get one buck in KS.  Did I really want to be done now.  In years past....buck down....but the older I get the more I enjoy just being out here in November.  Buck or no buck, time spent at camp for two or three weeks is time I just didn't want to give up.  Good friends, the memories, the laughs, the time spent alone on stand....those are the larger reasons for the season.
Don't get me wrong.....if I see him again in a couple weeks the outcome and story may end different.  But for now I'm content watching him walk away...and having to tolerate a few more nights of camp.
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#1
November 04, 2014, 08:49:00 PM
Pure awesomeness!!!!!!!!

Good luck with the rest of your season! Sounds like you already have a dandy start to it!

Bisch

johnnyk71

#2
November 04, 2014, 09:20:00 PM
good gravy...

I believe I'd have had to drop the string and just volunteer as camp cook and videographer for the rest of the season.
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#3
November 04, 2014, 09:22:00 PM
:thumbsup:     :thumbsup:
mangonboat

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#4
November 04, 2014, 09:22:00 PM
I have let a few walk myself , I also have a cool camp with some good guys. The rut is on and a cold front just hit us a few hours ago and now I fell it (no walking away the next few days) it's on now....

,,,,,Sam,,,,
HUNT OLD SCHOOL

D. Key

#5
November 04, 2014, 09:25:00 PM
I think it's what you are smok'in in your pipe. Has to be fogg'in your brain. In any case you demonstrated more restraint than I would ever have.
"Pick-A-Spot"

Doug Key

ron w

#6
November 04, 2014, 10:12:00 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by johnnyk71:
good gravy...

I believe I'd have had to drop the string and just volunteer as camp cook and videographer for the rest of the season.
X2......and I can cook !!!
In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities. In the expert's there are few...So the most difficult thing is always to keep your beginner's mind...This is also the real secret of the arts: always be a beginner.  Shunryu Suzuki

kadbow

#7
November 04, 2014, 10:17:00 PM
:thumbsup:    :thumbsup:
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#8
November 04, 2014, 10:36:00 PM
You nailed it, without nailing him!
Everything I have and have become is due to the Lord and his great mercy.

beaunaro

#9
November 05, 2014, 04:27:00 AM
ron w....

I'm always hungry.

Any chance we can get together?

  :wavey:
Irv Eichorst

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#10
November 05, 2014, 06:44:00 AM
hey that's cool.  I did similar yesterday, passed the biggest muley ive ever passed up on.  kinda fun
is it September yet??

Marc B.

#11
November 05, 2014, 07:22:00 AM
Nice camp don't blame you at all for wanting to stay awhile.

awbowman

#12
November 05, 2014, 08:45:00 AM
Yes sir, that's what it really is all about!
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#13
November 05, 2014, 09:55:00 AM
Awesome just Awesome  :campfire:
The Lord Is My Provider......

Krex1010

#14
November 05, 2014, 11:03:00 AM
Your camp looks awesome, can't blame you for not shooting but......lol. I've been there done that and then I've been venison free all winter. No regrets though. Although I have to say it's kinda nice getting a buck early and then just enjoying camp time, cooking, sleeping when you want, being able to stay up late playing cards, and watching your camp mates walk out into the bitter cold and knowing you can hang by the fire and have fresh tenderloins and eggs for breakfeast.
"You can't cheat the mountain pilgrim"

medic77

#15
November 05, 2014, 08:13:00 PM
That is what this is all about.  That is awesome and hope i can get to "that place" in my hunting career
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 So....Get on Your WAY!  - Dr. Seuss

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#16
November 05, 2014, 08:17:00 PM
Catch and release.    :thumbsup:    Done that a few times on real pretty coyotes.
You can hop but you can't hide.
If it was not for rabbits I would never get a buck.
Yip yipahooooo yipyipyip.

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#17
November 05, 2014, 08:24:00 PM
:campfire:
I will give thanks to the LORD because of his righteousness and will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.

CoachBGriff

#18
November 05, 2014, 09:14:00 PM
Very cool!  It's all about the hunt.
For we did not follow cleverly contrived myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ; instead, we were eyewitnesses of His majesty.
2 Peter 1:16

David Brent

#19
November 05, 2014, 10:45:00 PM
Fantastic! I am fighting the feeling envy right now. LOL. Looks like a great group of guys and a great camp. God Bless you guys.
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