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603Country · September 5, 2012, 08:35 PM

I'm chuckling to myself. I've missed at 40 yards, and I missed 3 times in what must have been less than 5 or 6 seconds. I was working that lever action Marlin for all it was worth, but every TIME I pulled the trigger the deer was 8 feet in the air. It was over so fast. No meat. I remember thinking "did that really happen?". Yup! The whole thing played out in what felt like slow motion. Somedays you're the bug and somedays you're the windshield. Keeps me humble.

September 5, 2012, 08:35 PM	#25
603Country Senior Member Join Date: January 6, 2011 Location: Thornton, Texas Posts: 3,998	I'm chuckling to myself. I've missed at 40 yards, and I missed 3 times in what must have been less than 5 or 6 seconds. I was working that lever action Marlin for all it was worth, but every TIME I pulled the trigger the deer was 8 feet in the air. It was over so fast. No meat. I remember thinking "did that really happen?". Yup! The whole thing played out in what felt like slow motion. Somedays you're the bug and somedays you're the windshield. Keeps me humble.