Post by Sasquatch on Nov 11, 2007 21:23:59 GMT -5
Well, I woke up at three-something Friday Afternoon ( work nights), and I wanted to get out there, but since my wife has to chase the kid around after she gets home from work, I figured I really should wash the accumulated dishes by the sink. So by the time I get done with that, and the wife and kid gets home, and I give my son a dutch rub, it's near sunset.
I throw on the clothes, jump in the Jeep, and discover I need gas.
I get gas, and then I hit every red light going through town.
Traffic is a nightmare, and by the time I'm winding my way up Eagle Hollow Road, the sun is sinking fast. I'm probably wasting my time.
Upon arriving, I hurry it up as much as possible, but as I cross the cow pasture to my ladder stand, there is maybe 45 minutes of hunting light left. I manage to get in the stand without spooking anything, nock an arrow, and make a few bleats.
Ten minutes later, a doe appears on the dam of a small stock pond 60 yards distant. Seconds later, it is joined by another doe.
They disappear into the brush, and I fervently hope they come my way. I very carefully manuver into position for a possible shot.
A minute or two later, My heart leaps for joy, quite literally, when I see one of the deer coming my way. The brush is thick, but it looks like the deer will pass pight in front of the stand or turn and walk out into the pasture behind the stand. Soon I can tell that the deer is heading toward the pasture, and I know the opening that it will pass through. I force myself to move slowly into position and raise the bow. This is no time to blow it with a foolish move.
Thankfully, the deer keeps moving, because it's getting dark fast.
I draw the bow. I prepare to stop it with a bleat, but there is no need, as my target stops right in the opening. I put the pin on the shoulder and squeeze. I hear the sound of a hit and the deer runs back the way it came, stopping near the pond. The other doe, spooked by this, runs out in the field behind the stand, presenting what would have been several shots if I would have did a better job triming this summer ( note for future reference).
When she finally spooks several minutes later, I hear wierd thrashing in the leaves near the pond. I think that was my deer trying to get up.
Minutes later I quietly inspected my arrow with the flashlight.
Solid red. Finding no blood to speak of, I walked over to the pond, and there lay my deer ! I never get tired of that sight, especially after a deerless misery like last season.
The shot was not as good as it could have been, being too far back. Luckily, the muzzy 100 grain four blade went through the liver on it's way to sinking several inches in the earth. The deer bled almost totally inside.
The real suprise was that the deer was a button buck. I never saw the two deer together, or I might have known, as the other doe was huge. My deer stayed in the brush until it offered a shot, by which time I was already looking through the peep.
Oh well, I am still quite pleased. The pressure is off! This my 10th archery deer, something I consider a great personal accomplishment.
Note the halogen miner's light on my head. Talk about handy.
It makes trailing, field dressing, and dragging 100 times easier.
Get one if you haven't already.
I throw on the clothes, jump in the Jeep, and discover I need gas.
I get gas, and then I hit every red light going through town.
Traffic is a nightmare, and by the time I'm winding my way up Eagle Hollow Road, the sun is sinking fast. I'm probably wasting my time.
Upon arriving, I hurry it up as much as possible, but as I cross the cow pasture to my ladder stand, there is maybe 45 minutes of hunting light left. I manage to get in the stand without spooking anything, nock an arrow, and make a few bleats.
Ten minutes later, a doe appears on the dam of a small stock pond 60 yards distant. Seconds later, it is joined by another doe.
They disappear into the brush, and I fervently hope they come my way. I very carefully manuver into position for a possible shot.
A minute or two later, My heart leaps for joy, quite literally, when I see one of the deer coming my way. The brush is thick, but it looks like the deer will pass pight in front of the stand or turn and walk out into the pasture behind the stand. Soon I can tell that the deer is heading toward the pasture, and I know the opening that it will pass through. I force myself to move slowly into position and raise the bow. This is no time to blow it with a foolish move.
Thankfully, the deer keeps moving, because it's getting dark fast.
I draw the bow. I prepare to stop it with a bleat, but there is no need, as my target stops right in the opening. I put the pin on the shoulder and squeeze. I hear the sound of a hit and the deer runs back the way it came, stopping near the pond. The other doe, spooked by this, runs out in the field behind the stand, presenting what would have been several shots if I would have did a better job triming this summer ( note for future reference).
When she finally spooks several minutes later, I hear wierd thrashing in the leaves near the pond. I think that was my deer trying to get up.
Minutes later I quietly inspected my arrow with the flashlight.
Solid red. Finding no blood to speak of, I walked over to the pond, and there lay my deer ! I never get tired of that sight, especially after a deerless misery like last season.
The shot was not as good as it could have been, being too far back. Luckily, the muzzy 100 grain four blade went through the liver on it's way to sinking several inches in the earth. The deer bled almost totally inside.
The real suprise was that the deer was a button buck. I never saw the two deer together, or I might have known, as the other doe was huge. My deer stayed in the brush until it offered a shot, by which time I was already looking through the peep.
Oh well, I am still quite pleased. The pressure is off! This my 10th archery deer, something I consider a great personal accomplishment.
Note the halogen miner's light on my head. Talk about handy.
It makes trailing, field dressing, and dragging 100 times easier.
Get one if you haven't already.
