12-10-2005, 01:37 AM
For me , a couple kings and steel at the Pentwater bridge in the early season , one big king mid run 20+ on 6 lb. test at the manistee , lost a lot of line , LOL !
Bow deer , one 6 point , after 200 yds the trail just ended , searched for a couple days , the rack was huge ! Never found him .
Rifle , one nice 10 point at dusk , he went into the swamp , so did I . 3 hours of searching before the batterys went dead , found what was left of it 2 days later .
Now , if my luck wasn't bad enough , the opener today .
I only have an hour of light when I get to my area after work .
I was over anxious I guess , A buck came in just before dusk , sighted him in , at about 50 feet , pop .
Pop? , I put in another cap , pop .
What the heck ? Where's the BOOM ?
The deer was getting a little spooked but stayed there for two additional caps , both went pop .
A 15 minute walk home and another 45 minutes outside just incase I had a slow burner load .
Pulled the sabbot and put in the patch puller to break up the powder to empty the charge .
Betcha that buck woulda dropped IF , (I say again ) IF I had remembered to put the powder in my hawkins .
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Bow deer , one 6 point , after 200 yds the trail just ended , searched for a couple days , the rack was huge ! Never found him .
Rifle , one nice 10 point at dusk , he went into the swamp , so did I . 3 hours of searching before the batterys went dead , found what was left of it 2 days later .
Now , if my luck wasn't bad enough , the opener today .
I only have an hour of light when I get to my area after work .
I was over anxious I guess , A buck came in just before dusk , sighted him in , at about 50 feet , pop .
Pop? , I put in another cap , pop .
What the heck ? Where's the BOOM ?
The deer was getting a little spooked but stayed there for two additional caps , both went pop .
A 15 minute walk home and another 45 minutes outside just incase I had a slow burner load .
Pulled the sabbot and put in the patch puller to break up the powder to empty the charge .
Betcha that buck woulda dropped IF , (I say again ) IF I had remembered to put the powder in my hawkins .
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