12-20-2005, 10:33 PM
today was the last day of muzzleloader season in connecticut,we had a good feeling about it,we have seen deer everyday,even got a couple of shots off.so we were going to try something different come in,in a totally different direction,we were hunting state land,last nite we stopped a a couple of houses to see if we could get permission to cross thier land,not to hunt,and we got it.now we would have our walkers come in behind them and head toward us.plan was set.this morn.i headed in the same way i alwas go,i get within 300 yds of my stand,i came across a large blood trail.looking around, no footprints,.i tried to radio my buddys,but the two mile range radios were not enough for the hilly terrain.so i followed the trail about a 100yds from where i started i jumped it,bedded down behind a blowdown,couldn't get a shot,one of its legs were flopping around.i followed it to privite land and left it.went back to my stand for 3 hours saw nothing,walkers saw nothing,and no one.so we turned our attention to the wounded deer.i headded in a differnt direction hoping to cross its path while circleing up the othersfollowed the blood trail.while working my way down i came across anouther hunter,thinking he was searching for the same deer,i walked up to him,it was someone i knew,asked if he shot a deer he said no and agreed to help us.i continued down,ran across a blood trail,radioed the rest,they came over.found some hair,blood.it ran down a stream so i followed the blod the rest were faned out to the sides.the trail lead to a dead deer,the coyotes have found him.someone shot this one a realized how small it was and left it it was only 30-40 lbs.so back to the last place i saw him.picked up the trail.headed right to the river,and he crossed it,i lost his trail on the otherside in very,very thick cover.it is a good thing i know the peaple that own that land because i could look in thier window.i really, really hope,wish and pray that santas raindeer put dodo in their stockings for christmas those type of people are NOT HUNTERS.they are just wasting our reasorses,THEY MAKE ME SICK.thats how i spent my last day of hunting season
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