OneGunTex
Escaped Member
Need a little encouragement here y'all.
Sitting out at Blackwater NWR trying at what might be my last chance to ever come chase Sika. This hunt is always hard to squeeze in as it is, but with some upcoming life changes I'm not sure when it will happen in the future.
Over 4yrs & about a dozen days in the marsh, I've seen 6 Sika, fired a total of 6 slugs at 3 of them, and have killed 0. About an hour ago I shot at a tiny little hind crossing a drainage. Same story as ever - they never stop moving, shot windows are so small, never find a drop of blood.
Now, I've killed deer with this slug gun before, and I've never seen a deer soak up a slug (even poorly placed) and go more than 1yd before keeling over. So I guess that's 6 clean misses. Iron sights 12ga out of a tree in waders caked in mud isn't easy, but boy does it sting.
I guess I've got 8 more hours of sitting in this damn tree before it's all over. Wish me luck.
-Tex
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Sitting out at Blackwater NWR trying at what might be my last chance to ever come chase Sika. This hunt is always hard to squeeze in as it is, but with some upcoming life changes I'm not sure when it will happen in the future.
Over 4yrs & about a dozen days in the marsh, I've seen 6 Sika, fired a total of 6 slugs at 3 of them, and have killed 0. About an hour ago I shot at a tiny little hind crossing a drainage. Same story as ever - they never stop moving, shot windows are so small, never find a drop of blood.
Now, I've killed deer with this slug gun before, and I've never seen a deer soak up a slug (even poorly placed) and go more than 1yd before keeling over. So I guess that's 6 clean misses. Iron sights 12ga out of a tree in waders caked in mud isn't easy, but boy does it sting.
I guess I've got 8 more hours of sitting in this damn tree before it's all over. Wish me luck.
-Tex
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