TackDriver284
Handloader
- Feb 13, 2016
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Left at 4 am to drive 2 hours to my deer lease to spend the weekend. As I was coming over the hill , going the speed limit of 75 mph, my heart jumped when I almost had full contact with a big doe standing in the middle of the road with my HD2500 Duramax diesel truck, but managed to swerve around it and maintain control. I was thinking about my family that is back at home, that life can flash right before your eyes in an instant, if that was a car or a truck coming head on or a deer through a windshield. Said a little prayer on the way thanking the lord for my safety. Upon arriving at the hunt areas I sprinkled some corn along the senderos and waited in the blind in the dark until 7 am and can barely see dawn to the east. I can feel the cold steel of the .308 next to me with some 168 grain Ballistic Tips. Heard some hogs squealing from afar and some deer started coming out at daybreak. I saw two young bucks from a distance alone away from several does and one loner buck on another sendero. In all, about twenty does and fawns and several small bucks, but no shooters. Some javelinas feeding about on another sendero. After an hour or so, one six point buck, about 2 years old, was feeding alone on a sendero and two coyotes showed up about 100 yards from it, and its weird that coyotes DO eat corn and they were eating and walking slowly towards the buck, after about 10 minutes, the coyotes were about 25 yards from the buck , probably thinking of a strategy to get closer, and the buck eyeing them and paid no attention to them but staying alert sensing something fishy is going on. When the coyotes were about 20 or so yards then they sprinted and gave chase, closing the gap, the buck sensed they were coming and hightailed it towards me with coyotes on its heels, then veered into the heavy brush and disappeared and coyotes hot on its tail. After 5 minutes I guessed the coyotes was crap out of luck because they came back on the road to snack on corn. :lol: It was interesting to see how nature evolves around us and how they survive. The next morning I was hoping for a hog to send to the slaughterhouse for some sausage and chorizo, but did not see one this morning. The beautiful sounds of 15 or so cardinals singing in a tree and wildlife sounds was a blast. Boy, it was so hot yesterday evening that I decided to stay in my RV and watch the Cowboys and Kansas City game. Headed back home this afternoon after cleaning my RV for the next trip next week. Hopefully see better signs. 
