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 Dumb mistakes. Everyone makes them.
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10/30/13 08:54 PM
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Texas Dan
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With opening day of the general season now upon us, perhaps my post will help someone bring home a buck that they might have otherwise failed to harvest.
Shooting from the opposite shoulder is not that difficult, given you think to look through the scope with the opposite eye. I'm referring to shots taken in very close quarters from a tree stand when a deer walks up before you can turn around in your seat.
Any others worth sharing?
"Some people will never like you because your spirit irritates their demons."
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Re: Dumb mistakes. Everyone makes them.
[Re: Texas Dan]
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10/30/13 08:56 PM
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Navasot
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Don't pass something on the first day you would shoot on the last
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Re: Dumb mistakes. Everyone makes them.
[Re: Navasot]
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10/30/13 09:04 PM
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CCBIRDDOGMAN
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Worst mistake I have made was laying my gun in my lap pointing to my right (I'm right handed) while I sat against a tree, Rattling, I look to my left & staring at me is a nice shooter buck at about 50 yards, was through some trees but would have had a decent shot if the gun would have been ready for a right handed shooter!!! by the time I fumbled around, he was long gone. East Texas creek bottom.
Haven't had it in years but never spit any out. I am a sucker for happy endings and strapped cowboys.
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Re: Dumb mistakes. Everyone makes them.
[Re: Navasot]
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10/30/13 09:05 PM
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cameron00
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Your tuba is best left at home.
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Re: Dumb mistakes. Everyone makes them.
[Re: cameron00]
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10/30/13 09:28 PM
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whitewing maniac
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Stay in stand long as possible, all day if ya can do it. Stay late in morning and head out early in afternoon.
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Re: Dumb mistakes. Everyone makes them.
[Re: whitewing maniac]
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10/30/13 09:42 PM
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Jimbo
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Not listening to that voice in your head telling you, "this isn't a very good idea!"
Thursday at 12:45 PM
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Once i learned that i didn't "NEED" to kill something, and that if i did kill something all the fun stopped and work began, i was a much better hunter.
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Re: Dumb mistakes. Everyone makes them.
[Re: whitewing maniac]
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10/30/13 09:44 PM
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whitewing maniac
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Young guys don't take girlfriend to stand if she smells like a nudie bar dancer
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Re: Dumb mistakes. Everyone makes them.
[Re: Jimbo]
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10/30/13 09:54 PM
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Jasb
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Not listening to that voice in your head telling you, "this isn't a very good idea!" I've had that sucker on ignore most of my life!
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Re: Dumb mistakes. Everyone makes them.
[Re: whitewing maniac]
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10/30/13 09:56 PM
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rifleman
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Don't take uncomfortable shots. Don't move so the deer doesn't know you're there and things tend to turn out just fine.
AND
if the travel trailer's a-rockin' don't come a-knockin'.
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Re: Dumb mistakes. Everyone makes them.
[Re: Jimbo]
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10/30/13 09:56 PM
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Humannpower
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Not listening to that voice in your head telling you, "this isn't a very good idea!" Alcohol helps.
Iv got hogs an can show you a good time. 
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Re: Dumb mistakes. Everyone makes them.
[Re: whitewing maniac]
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10/30/13 09:57 PM
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rifleman
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Young guys don't take girlfriend to stand if she smells like a nudie bar dancer A little glitter on camo ain't no thang.
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Re: Dumb mistakes. Everyone makes them.
[Re: whitewing maniac]
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10/30/13 09:57 PM
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Navasot
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Young guys don't take girlfriend to stand if she smells like a nudie bar dancer Dead down wind takes care of that
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Re: Dumb mistakes. Everyone makes them.
[Re: Texas Dan]
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10/30/13 10:24 PM
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PrimitiveHunter
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When you're ready to hunt, load your rifle. I've spent many an hour still hunting only to discover back at the Jeep that I'd been carrying an unloaded rifle all that time. 
Practice doesn’t make perfect.
Practice makes permanent.
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Re: Dumb mistakes. Everyone makes them.
[Re: PrimitiveHunter]
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10/30/13 10:26 PM
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WTGuide
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Always....and I mean always, remember to take toilet paper
Think you can/Think you can't/Either way you're right 
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Re: Dumb mistakes. Everyone makes them.
[Re: PrimitiveHunter]
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10/30/13 10:28 PM
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txshntr
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When you're ready to hunt, load your rifle. I've spent many an hour still hunting only to discover back at the Jeep that I'd been carrying an unloaded rifle all that time. Better than finding out when you pull the trigger...happened once on a buck and once on a turkey 
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Re: Dumb mistakes. Everyone makes them.
[Re: Texas Dan]
#4705958
10/30/13 10:35 PM
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Slow Drifter
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Don't leave the stand too early! Try to be the last man back to camp on morning hunts. I've seen all kinds of activity and taken some really nice deer that were obviously run my way by others going in for breakfast. Sure, they'll get a hot breakfast in camp and you'll get a cold biscuit, but you can get a good breakfast on the way to the processors.
Last edited by Slow Drifter; 10/30/13 10:36 PM.
"I have no idea what WW-III will be fought with, but WW-IV will be fought with sticks and stones." A. Einstein 
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Re: Dumb mistakes. Everyone makes them.
[Re: Navasot]
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10/30/13 10:53 PM
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8pointdrop
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Don't pass something on the first day you would shoot on the last I've learned that the hard way...
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Re: Dumb mistakes. Everyone makes them.
[Re: PrimitiveHunter]
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10/30/13 11:02 PM
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Texas Dan
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When you're ready to hunt, load your rifle. I've spent many an hour still hunting only to discover back at the Jeep that I'd been carrying an unloaded rifle all that time. As a safety measure, I don't chamber a round until I've settled into my stand. And for the same reason, I empty the chamber as the first move in getting ready to leave. I've adopted the practice since most shooting accidents occur when hunters are not in their stands but around vehicles and other places where firearms are being handled. I can think of at least once when I went to empty the chamber before leaving, only to realize I had never chambered a round earlier. Thankfully, it didn't cost me a deer. Still, I continue the practice of waiting before clambering a round because I value safety more than deer.
"Some people will never like you because your spirit irritates their demons."
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Re: Dumb mistakes. Everyone makes them.
[Re: WTGuide]
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10/31/13 01:21 AM
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TRHODES
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Always....and I mean always, remember to take toilet paper What he said !!
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Re: Dumb mistakes. Everyone makes them.
[Re: Texas Dan]
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10/31/13 01:38 AM
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BOBO the Clown
kind of a big deal
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When you're ready to hunt, load your rifle. I've spent many an hour still hunting only to discover back at the Jeep that I'd been carrying an unloaded rifle all that time. As a safety measure, I don't chamber a round until I've settled into my stand. And for the same reason, I empty the chamber as the first move in getting ready to leave. I've adopted the practice since most shooting accidents occur when hunters are not in their stands but around vehicles and other places where firearms are being handled. I can think of at least once when I went to empty the chamber before leaving, only to realize I had never chambered a round earlier. Thankfully, it didn't cost me a deer. Still, I continue the practice of waiting before clambering a round because I value safety more than deer. I don't chamber a round until I'm going to shot on bolt rifles.
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Re: Dumb mistakes. Everyone makes them.
[Re: whitewing maniac]
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10/31/13 01:49 AM
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Cannon
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Young guys don't take girlfriend to stand if she smells like a nudie bar dancer What?? Better than Tink's!
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Re: Dumb mistakes. Everyone makes them.
[Re: BOBO the Clown]
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10/31/13 01:49 AM
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Pittstate
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never trust a fart.....especially 20 foot up in a tree stand.....
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Re: Dumb mistakes. Everyone makes them.
[Re: Texas Dan]
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10/31/13 02:24 AM
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MELackey
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When you're ready to hunt, load your rifle. I've spent many an hour still hunting only to discover back at the Jeep that I'd been carrying an unloaded rifle all that time. As a safety measure, I don't chamber a round until I've settled into my stand. And for the same reason, I empty the chamber as the first move in getting ready to leave. I've adopted the practice since most shooting accidents occur when hunters are not in their stands but around vehicles and other places where firearms are being handled. I can think of at least once when I went to empty the chamber before leaving, only to realize I had never chambered a round earlier. Thankfully, it didn't cost me a deer. Still, I continue the practice of waiting before clambering a round because I value safety more than deer. I was thinking the same thing. I know when I get in the stand if I have ammo or not because the first think I do is load the gun
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Re: Dumb mistakes. Everyone makes them.
[Re: MELackey]
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10/31/13 02:33 AM
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Make sure you take ammo. I also load once in the stand. Last year I took a different rifle than usual, got in the stand and opened my bag to load it and didn't have a single round. I learned the hard way on taking a big one when you see him. I let a old 10pt walk two years ago on 11-13 at 0734am. Since then I have only seen him on camera. He won't be that lucky this year if he steps out.
When all is said and done, there's nothing left to say or do!
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Re: Dumb mistakes. Everyone makes them.
[Re: wlldraper]
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10/31/13 02:43 AM
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Texas Dan
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Anyone here that would agree a buck can hear the click of a safety being clicked off and live to fight another day?
"Some people will never like you because your spirit irritates their demons."
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