Has anyone ever caught a buck sleeping in the middle of the day and shot him in his bed?Ever hear of this?I read one time were a apache indian said that was how he always killed his big buck,Just wondered if this was folk lore or it really can be done.I have been still hunting in the middle of the day looking for a beded buck,if the wind is right i believe this will work.iam not apache but do have cherokee blood,i hope the buck willnot know the difference! Seems like a Hard way to hunt
but that always makes the harvest that much sweeter!

I don't know about sneaking up on a bedded buck. They usually have the wind at their back. That way, they can smell behind them and see in front of them. Maybe it would work if you approached from a quartering away direction.

By the way, did I see your picture in GON?

I shot one in his bed 2 years ago, but only because he bedded down about 75 yards accross from me on another ridge.

I shot a forkhorn on a Colorado deer/elk hunt about 5 years ago at 20 feet. He was sleeping with his head on the ground.

I once killed a spike bull elk in his bed with a muzzleloader in Colorado. This was before they had point restrictions. I've also killed 2 whitetail bucks with one bullet when they were bedded on a friends ranch. Didn't know there were 2 of them though. That was a little unsettling. Thank God we had 2 buck tags available and my father was with me at the time.

I guess when you spend almost every availabl free minute hunting something, you can see just about anything once or twice.

Mac

I shot a blacktail at about 4 paces once--came over this rise in some timber and he was laying there facing away from me--once he lifted his head it was all over---it wasn't an intended sneak, just lucky, but guys do sneak up on deer and other game all the time--mostly archery though I'd say---chris

I shot a moose once in my pajamas.

I shot a 5 x 4 whitetail last fall in it's bed with it's head down sleeping. It was 175 yds. away laying in a small cattail swamp when we spotted him, I took a good rest and shot him in the neck. It was the first I shot while it was sleeping

Bill what was a moose doing in your pajamas?

I shot a muley buck lying in its bed, and could have shot a nice whitetail at 10 yards in its bed, but flushed it to a buddy on the other side of the ditch, who then proceeded to miss it.

I shot a mulie sleeping at 350 yards away in eastern Montana. Didn't even know what hit him.

bbh,
I shot a big ol blacktail buck in his bed sleeping last year. I was still hunting on a rainy day, saw him bedded down in the remnants of an old rotten log at about 50 yds. He got a rude awakening! This year also killed a blacktail in his bed on the same ridge as last year. This one was laying down nibbling on any brush he could reach. After watching him for about 5 minutes I tipped him over with a head shot. Was just a dink buck so it didnt matter if the skull was messed up.