rifle season ...

   well opening day of rifle season. all the prep. plotting and spotting. and a hilarious opening day. for some anyway.
  i went and bought some sent blocker. skin safe all natural. i got the three pack laundry soap body wash and spray. my wife washed our hunting clothes and i took a nice bath with the body wash. i was not going to be sniffed out this year.
 i normally use my 12 gauge with slugs but i had just got a new scope for my 308 and the deer i have been seeing have been about 60 yards away so i decided to use the 308 for opening day.
  i got up at 4:00 and got everything ready. packed some snacks and couple of sodas to drink in my carry bag. which still had the stuff in it for bow hunting.
i was in a hurry so i left it all in the bag.
  i got to the place i wanted to hunt. a nice cedar glade surrounded by oak trees.
picked out a small cedar to sit by with a good all around view.
  i sit for about a hour and nothing. so i ate a pop tart and drank a soda. nothing going on so i rubbed my back on the cedar , i had a serious itch.
  i sat for another two hours and was pretty bored with everything and was thinking i should move and the itchy spot on my back was making crazy. but i decided to sit for another hour. about 10 minutes had passed and i heard some squirls barking over on the hill in the timber on the neighbors property. i thought to my self maybe something is coming.
   i sat about 20 minutes and nothing. so i decided to eat something. i was digging in my bag. which had my rattling horns. the grunt call i didn't like the odor spray a
bottle of advil, 2 sodas and 2 more pop tarts and extra shells. and some peppermints.
needless to say it sounded like i was building a house or something, i finally got a little agitated  grabbed the carry bag and just dumped it on the ground grabbed the pop tart i was trying to get opened it and took a big bite. all while i was trying to scratch my back. looked over and seen a cedar that had some off looking dead limbs. i thought to my self that can't be right so i was looking it over a little better.
 and then a buck just stepped out looking at me like i was a idiot. and i was one.
he trotted off. i grabbed my rifle off the ground and the grunt call and gave it a blow. don't know why but that is what i did. anyway he came back and stood there staring at me. i looked him over in my scope.he had one horn with 4 nice points on it and the other was deformed. i remember thinking it was the deer off that kids movie (open season). i thought about it for a minute and i decided bow season sucked and i all ways get a deer opening day, so i was going to take the shot.
  he was about 25 yards away perfect chest shot. i pulled the trigger and there was this nice loud snap. i remember thinking. that's right don't load your dang rifle.
he was still standing there looking right at me. so i slowly got hold of the bolt and loaded and cocked my rifle. and a bullet had came out of the chamber. and i was thinking a dud bullet then he took step and stopped. i again pulled the trigger. and again it made the same loud snap. i thought well shit and reloaded it again and he again took a couple of steps. five times we done this. till my clip was empty.
he was still there looking at me. i layed my rifle down looked at him and said. don't suppose you will let me go get my other gun. he snorted and just walked off. so i took it as a no. the further away he got the faster he went. i have not seen him since. i went to my truck and got my 12 gauge. i examined my 308 shells and the firing  pin never struck the primer. that deer must be protected. later in the season i reloaded the 308 and it shot all five shots just fine.
   i hunted till dark never seen anything else opening day but i sure did a lot of itching. i got home later pulled off my hunting clothes and seen i was broke out  everywhere my cloths touched me.
i ended up with this rash for the whole season. the only relief i got was taking benadryl.
  i got a nice doe the second day. so i filled my antler less tag. but not my any deer tag..  well its is still bow season and black powder is coming up so i can still get a nick buck.   my wife did not get a deer this year her sister got a button buck.
 well as always happy hunting and be safe.