Otis took us about 400 yards past where they jumped the deer last night where he got him up out of its bed and immediately bayed it up. The only problem was that the deer was just inside of some little pines that were extremely thick. I eased in to the bay and could see Otis but I couldn’t see any part of the deer. I started circling the bay to try and spot the deer but just couldn’t see it. Finally I spotted it head looking at me and that’s about the time it broke bay. I had told the hunter stop as I was easing in to the bay and he said he saw the deer cross the road as it broke. He said it looked messed up in the front end. I figger it was a front leg hit. We lit out after the deer and Otis got him bayed up again up ahead of me. He was pushing this one as hard as I’ve seen him push a deer. Before I could even catch up though, the buck broke again. He made a bee line this time for the neighbors property and that’s where we had to call it off. That sucks....but it is what it is.
The double slings worked like a charm to carry my rifle and it felt good to have my old gun in my hands again. I may be able to just roll with my old 30-30 for a bay gun. This one would have been screwed if he would have just bayed up in a different spot. Oh well.... on to the next one…………….
