powderburn
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So to cure that little problem I took 2 of my boys for a little whitetail shoot. We went to one of my favorite little draws about an hour out of town. Now it was the Saturday opener so I new that it would have seen it's share of hunters. A quick stop for coffee with the land owner confirmed that at least 4 groups of guys had driven the draw in the 3 hours since first light.
He chuckled and said to stop back on the way out and show him what we had gotten. Well he new we'd be back because he's seen us do this many times over the last 20 years. Guys will drive the top edges of the draw real slow and stop at a couple vantage points but not to many actually get out and push the draw because even though the buck brush is only 10-50 ft wide along the creek it's so thick that you have to bust your way though and in the wider spots the deer just circle around you or lay low. When the wind is blowing as hard as it was that day we've learned to drop to pushers up wind and drive 300-400 yards around the draw sneek up to the edge at a bottle neck and wait for the deer to walk by. It worked perfectly for the first section we worked. We had around 15 does slide by us at 40 yards with out giving ourselfs away. Next came the little 4 point that stopped in the small clearing at 40 yards. I gave my youngest the thumbs up and the buck never took another step. I went back the 40 yards back over the hill and brought the truck down arriving at the same time as the pusher. Dressed out the buck and headed for the next 600 yards of the draw. The next 600 yards is pushed with the wind but you run a shooter along the top or the hill paralleling the pusher. My youngest and I drove back around and down to the next point where we got out and stood right in plain view for the action. With the pusher moving the game towards us and us standing in plain view the deer break out across the hill to the next draw instead of continuing down the draw.
We watched as a buck came out the back door and tried to sneak up the hill behind my oldest. I whistled and pointed back. The buck wasn't in a big hurry because he thought he had out smarted us. The view in tmy bino's was almost over my sons shoulder and I had both him and the deer that was quartering away in sight. The buck folder like a cheap lawn chair and then I heard the shot. So back home after we had another coffee with the land owner and again he just chuckled about the success or lack of the other guys have in the same draw.
Now the deep freeze is going to be half full and I can continue playing for a little while longer.
He chuckled and said to stop back on the way out and show him what we had gotten. Well he new we'd be back because he's seen us do this many times over the last 20 years. Guys will drive the top edges of the draw real slow and stop at a couple vantage points but not to many actually get out and push the draw because even though the buck brush is only 10-50 ft wide along the creek it's so thick that you have to bust your way though and in the wider spots the deer just circle around you or lay low. When the wind is blowing as hard as it was that day we've learned to drop to pushers up wind and drive 300-400 yards around the draw sneek up to the edge at a bottle neck and wait for the deer to walk by. It worked perfectly for the first section we worked. We had around 15 does slide by us at 40 yards with out giving ourselfs away. Next came the little 4 point that stopped in the small clearing at 40 yards. I gave my youngest the thumbs up and the buck never took another step. I went back the 40 yards back over the hill and brought the truck down arriving at the same time as the pusher. Dressed out the buck and headed for the next 600 yards of the draw. The next 600 yards is pushed with the wind but you run a shooter along the top or the hill paralleling the pusher. My youngest and I drove back around and down to the next point where we got out and stood right in plain view for the action. With the pusher moving the game towards us and us standing in plain view the deer break out across the hill to the next draw instead of continuing down the draw.
We watched as a buck came out the back door and tried to sneak up the hill behind my oldest. I whistled and pointed back. The buck wasn't in a big hurry because he thought he had out smarted us. The view in tmy bino's was almost over my sons shoulder and I had both him and the deer that was quartering away in sight. The buck folder like a cheap lawn chair and then I heard the shot. So back home after we had another coffee with the land owner and again he just chuckled about the success or lack of the other guys have in the same draw.
Now the deep freeze is going to be half full and I can continue playing for a little while longer.
