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<blockquote data-quote="jason21" data-source="post: 1355936" data-attributes="member: 87440"><p>SCdeer, i definitely feel the pain of this hunt more than other years when i have to go home and have tag soup. i appreciate the comments. SHTR, looking back maybe i shouldve waited longer to look for her to be lifting her head up, maybe if i stuck around and watched for 30 minutes instead of trying to locate my dad i wouldve seen more movement, and fired that anchor shot. SLOWRUNNING. all touch on all your points. but to start i couldnt agree more, all your observations were spot on, and those were my lessons learned. 1)no rangefinder on me on the last morning forced me to make a poor estimate of range in my head, rather than letting them walk away and i know i made a mistake. </p><p>2)From the moments i had seen her, she had her head down, laying on her side, i shouldve waited longer to observe, hindsight is always 20/20. She definety laid on it to clot the wound, ive heard of it happening to friends in the past, and to my grandpa. </p><p>3)This point i couldnt agree more. I usually hunt with a .30 cal rifle. this year i had been confident in my shooting with my .270, and i was really hoping to finally punch my tag with this rifle for the first time. I look back and say the same things, if i was shooting a .30, the results could have possibly been different. and point 1 also pulls in to point 3, if i had great shot placement, this thread probably wouldn't exist. But having the extra insurance a larger caliber provides, i wont be taking that risk anymore.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jason21, post: 1355936, member: 87440"] SCdeer, i definitely feel the pain of this hunt more than other years when i have to go home and have tag soup. i appreciate the comments. SHTR, looking back maybe i shouldve waited longer to look for her to be lifting her head up, maybe if i stuck around and watched for 30 minutes instead of trying to locate my dad i wouldve seen more movement, and fired that anchor shot. SLOWRUNNING. all touch on all your points. but to start i couldnt agree more, all your observations were spot on, and those were my lessons learned. 1)no rangefinder on me on the last morning forced me to make a poor estimate of range in my head, rather than letting them walk away and i know i made a mistake. 2)From the moments i had seen her, she had her head down, laying on her side, i shouldve waited longer to observe, hindsight is always 20/20. She definety laid on it to clot the wound, ive heard of it happening to friends in the past, and to my grandpa. 3)This point i couldnt agree more. I usually hunt with a .30 cal rifle. this year i had been confident in my shooting with my .270, and i was really hoping to finally punch my tag with this rifle for the first time. I look back and say the same things, if i was shooting a .30, the results could have possibly been different. and point 1 also pulls in to point 3, if i had great shot placement, this thread probably wouldn't exist. But having the extra insurance a larger caliber provides, i wont be taking that risk anymore. [/QUOTE]
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