Deer camp aint going so well for me

[HighTeckRedneck]

Here it is Wed. of opening week and all I can say is that season is not going anything like I had planned. It has not been all bad. I have seen 25 or 26 deer 8 of them were bucks.

Here are the problems I have had so far
I have missed 2 deer. Trying to punch holes thru brush that was way too thick for hot loads from a 10ML.

I spent a few hours in the emergency room opening day getting staples put in the back of my head where the Warn quick release scope rings hit me in the head when I fell I also destroyed the scope base on my Contender when it fell out of the holster while I was tumbling down a large hill after the large rock I was standing on at the top of the hill gave away.

I saw the buck I was after, but he only has 1 antler rite now so I could not bring myself to take the 40 yard wide open shot that I had

Came home to get cleaned up last night, and forgot my check book here at home so when I headed out for my morning hunt I did not have my hunting license.

WHAT ELSE CAN GO WRONG

[acal]

Thank God that you were not killed or injured severely.

[Birddog6]

If I had a day like that I would not have even went out the next morning !

[mamaflinter]

HTR Thankfully you weren't seriously injured or worse. Maybe you need to change your hunting area or something. I know when I've had difficult times, I'd go to different area and it would make all the difference.

[soggy]

;D ;D Hey HTR you've no doubt heard the joke where they tell the fellow "Cheer up things could be worse "
Well in your case , I suggest ....you don't cheer up right away ! Soggy

[HighTeckRedneck]

I wasted one of my doe tags today. Thaught I would have another nice young doe for me to eat on. That would be my 2nd yound deer this year because I got one with the bow. I was kinda in a hurry when I dressed her, and realy did not look her over at all. I saw that she had been shot low in a front leg with a slug, but it looked fresh so I did not wory about that. After dressing her I went and checked her in then went to a meeting I had to be at. After the meeting I actualy looked her over good and found another hole that apeared to be a few days older. We started skinning her anyway after I came home and she was a nasty mess. The hole that I did not notice until after I used my tag was a high shot in the chest that did not hit any ribs or vitals It was all infected in her shoulders so we cut the hind legs and cut about 1/2 the loins off her and threw the rest away because it was trash. By law I would have had to use a tag on her anyway, but I would have probably not tagged her if I saw the shape that she was in instead of getting in a hurry like I did. The funny thing is everything except the broken leg, and my shot to her neck looked OK when I field dressed her.
I have 3 doe tags and a buck tag left for regular season, 1 bow tag, and 1 muzzel loader tag left and have told 4 people that I would give them a deer. I just hope that I can fill that many more tags with the bad luck I am having.

[HighTeckRedneck]

You are all correct i should be thankful that I am still up and walking around instead of lying in a hospital bed or a casket...