The last deer I killed in Indiana was a nice 8 pointer by pickup truck in 2015. Killed another 8 point in 2014 with the shotgun. Also killed bucks in Wisconsin in 2015 and 2016.
But it's been a long dry spell in Indiana. Passed on 3 nice does Sunday morning with the muzzleloader, just hoping that nice buck might still show up.
It was cold Sunday morning, 15 degrees with a stiff wind, gradually warmed up, but had to get down around 9:30 central. Back at the stand around 12, but got really tired and laid down at bottom of tree and took a nap. Back in the tree ready to hunt at 1:40. Not 15 minutes later this nice 11-pointer shows up, dropped him in his tracks at 50 yds with a solid heart shot. All that waiting and work and passing on does finally paid off. Great hunt, great feeling. Even getting popped in the forehead with my scope couldn't ruin it for me.
But it's been a long dry spell in Indiana. Passed on 3 nice does Sunday morning with the muzzleloader, just hoping that nice buck might still show up.
It was cold Sunday morning, 15 degrees with a stiff wind, gradually warmed up, but had to get down around 9:30 central. Back at the stand around 12, but got really tired and laid down at bottom of tree and took a nap. Back in the tree ready to hunt at 1:40. Not 15 minutes later this nice 11-pointer shows up, dropped him in his tracks at 50 yds with a solid heart shot. All that waiting and work and passing on does finally paid off. Great hunt, great feeling. Even getting popped in the forehead with my scope couldn't ruin it for me.