1st day of rifle season VA

[the new guy]

So I'm the new guy.. I haven't been deer hunting since I was in third grade and I went with my dad. (I'm 30 now)

I wanted to share my morning.

I was in the stand locked and loaded and ready to go by about 5:45. I sat and waited for the sun to come up. at about 6:15 the sun was starting to come up, and I saw movement out of the corner of my eye, I turned to the left, and saw the biggest deer in the world, as I'm waiting for my shot I see two more move in behind that are BIGGER! I can barely keep my hands from shaking long enough to aim.

At this point I'm trying to call myself down, and decide which one I want, When all of a sudden, the biggest of the three Moos at me...

I was about 3 pounds of pressure away from shooting one of my parents neighbor's dairy cows...

[hunt NH]

good thing you didnt pull the trigger.

[Body Bag]

it would have been some good eating

[timberghost]

You wouldn't have to worry about "gaminess" in your meat flavor.

[BruceBruce1959]

CATTLE SEASON???

Thank God you didn't shoot...

[the new guy]

I was told this week, that they are in fact beef cattle, and not dairy. so yea, would definately have been good eats. still neighbor probably wouldn't have been very happy.

[buckfever]

This thread had me rolling.. I got a crazy uncle who watched some cows in a thick fog for awhile wondering if they were deer.. An hour later the fog lifts and hes mad cuz hes been watching cows graze thinking the whold time.. "man thats a big bodied deer"