Shoot? Pass? or Wait? #6
It's mid October and the weather is finally cooling off. Some of the bucks are already chasing but it is all for show, so far. Deer aren't moving too good in the morning so you make a change and hunt from 11 to 2, just to see what happens. But nothing moves and you are antsy at 1:00. Getting down early sounds like a good idea so you reach to take your arrow off the rest. Crunch!! You look to see what it is, knowing that "it ain't anything". But it is, 10 yards away. Do you Shoot? Pass? or Wait?

• Do you Shoot? Check the look on this buck's face and it's posture. I call this the "buck walk." It's how they go around when they are traveling with a purpose. Not fast, not slow, but steady. A buck in this travel mode can surprise you and walk right by you if you're not ready. But, of course, you are ready. As long as you are confident shooting at a moving target draw your bow right now and "sort this out at full draw." This is a close shot so leading is minimal. Look where his right front leg joins the body and follow it straight up, see the creases in his muscles, they look like a half moon, aim on the left edge of the "moon", half the way up the body. You'll hit 2 inches further back. A perfect double lunger.
• Pass? If you have not practiced shooting moving targets OR if you've practiced but you are not confident that you can hit a moving animal -- don't shoot. Pass.
• Wait? There is no reason to wait. Every step the buck takes it gets further away. This buck is not going to give you a better shot than this.
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