I was walking to my deer stand one morning. I was running a bit late so it was already daylight. As I skirted the edge of a field on the way to my usual morning stand I spotted a nice 8 pointer about 50 yds away. He had his nose in the soybeans and didn't know I was even there. I took a knee behind a small sapling and got a stable rest. Fired my .30-30 and missed. Deer looked up and then put his nose back in the beans. I racked another round and missed it too. Missed six shots total and the deer just stood there looking around. I could see dirt kicking up behind the deer. Was shooting over it. I had apparently knocked my scope pretty good. Finally put the rifle down and pulled out my Ruger SRH .454 from the shoulder holster. The deer saw this motion and bounded. I took two running shots on it before it cleared the field and hit the tree line. I never touched it with any of the 8 rounds I fired at it.
My father in law and brother in law gave me hell that day.
