I also thought that she was kind of small so I didn't feel bad. I continued to quietly sit and watch the squirrels and a few woodpeckers that were going about they're morning business. At 11:00 I about fell over backwards off my folding stool from 3 quick gunshots that sounded like they were only 100yd to my right, son of a .....I said to myself. I quickly got up and walked into the low ground that was to my left as I had no idea what direction this person was shooting or if there would be any more shooting. After not hearing any more shots I walked back to my stool, I packed up and headed for the truck
Sure enough as I started out through the woods I see blaze orange, the hunter was taking some pics of his 5PT were it came to rest just the other side of the rail road tracks. We talked for a bit and while looking at his deer I was kind of amazed at how small bodied these Georgia deer are. I think the doe I shot last year had a bigger body than that buck did. As we talked longer I found out that he too is a Soldier, and was actually looking for some pigs around the swamp area on that side of the tracks.I told him how his shots surprised me as I was sitting up on a small ridge about 100 yards away when he started shooting. He apoligized and said that the buck probably would have walked right by me as that was the direction he was walking when he shot it. When he told me that I felt my stomach turning, I guess thats how it goes sometimes so there it is thats how my morning hunt went.
