re: ***IST 11-24-23***

St Mary Parish marsh
Area 7
53 with a 10 cool breeze
7 mm mag

Just messed up. Killed a fat 8 point last Sunday. Been letting a young 8 walk. Thought it was him at 7:15 about 40 yards from the stand so I watched him for a couple minutes milling around- no binoculars in the bag since the eldest child apparently used them yesterday and didn't put them back and I didn't check. No big deal, I just put the scope on him to verify its the youngster. But it ain't. It was a much bigger 8 than the one I harvested Sunday. Big bastard slipped into the Roseaus before I could get the safety off. Talk about feel like a dumbass