the closest shot

It was very foggy and I never made the shot.

I know that this thread is about the closest shot, but in my case, I never made the shot.

Two seasons ago I was bow hunting in a tree line just off an open field. I had never seen fog so thick in my life and there was zero wind. Figuring I was wasting my time bow hunting in these conditions, I quivered my arrows and then strapped my bow to my packsack. I came down out of my tree and started across the field towards the trail that lead to the road where my car was parked.

I could barely see one meter in front of me as I crossed the field towards the opposite tree line, when all at once, right there in front of me were two does within arms reach. I literally came face to face with these two deer. I was so close to them that I could hear them breathing. I think they were as surprised as I was because we just stood there staring at each other for about five seconds. They never ran, jumped or spooked, they simply turned around and walked slowly into the fog and within seconds, they were gone.

Definitely, a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

Regards
Robert
 
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I had a doe jump over me while bowhunting

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two feet with the 45-70 for me.
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One of our guys was run over by a deer he didn't see. Knocked him out cold on a rock. The same guy had a deer jump over his head, off a rock ledge a few years earlier. Didn't get that one either.
 
John Y Cannuck said:
One of our guys was run over by a deer he didn't see. Knocked him out cold on a rock. The same guy had a deer jump over his head, off a rock ledge a few years earlier. Didn't get that one either.
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