2024 - LIVE, FROM THE STAND!

I already told you about the fawn and buck that came thru. A short time later I saw another deer way out in front of me. It was a small bodied raggedy 4 pt. He mosied in and to my left. Then came to an abrupt halt. Stuck his nose in the air and got all antsy. Don't know if he smelled me or what but he turned around and made a big circle and left to my left. He never got in a hurry. It was very close to sundown and I am thinking I had a good sit. I was listening to the squrrels scurrying around and one did not sound right so I looked to my left and there is a deer at 20 yrds comming from behind me. I have sat this aera numerous times and never had a deer come thru from that direction. I even have put trail cameras out and not gotten any pictures of deer from that way. To say I was surprised is an understatement. Just like the other deer it was in no hurry to go anyplace so I started easeing my crossbow around to that direction. I finally got it and me turned just as it stepped out from behind a big tree and stopped. Picked the spot and shot. It took off and I saw it start to falter at 80ish yards then heard the crash.
As soon as all was quiet I hear more crunching and look left again and another deer is standing there looking where the other deer ran. Now the fun begins. My cross bow has a crank, I have to detach the crank and get it inguaged. Then because of all the excitement I for got I have to push a button and slide the carriage down and attach it to the string so detach crank, push button ,slide carriage down,attach crank start cranking, carage comes up string dont. What the heck. Oh ya, ya got to shove carriage into string hard so it engages.
All this while watching the deer and trying to not draw attention. So it is detach crank, push button, slide carriage down, push carriage till feel it engage,attach crank push button so it doesn't go click click click as I crank, and crank. Unattached crank, now try to get arrow out of quiver and on bow. I got all that dune and did not scare the deer off. I can't believe it. Now maneuver bow into a firing posision and wate for the deer to give me a shot. A few seconds later she takes a step and stops 13 yards broad side and I pulled the trigger. She takes off on the same trail as other deer but soon peels off to the right and makesa semicircle and goes down in sight at 50ish yards. As soon as she crashes a buck comes running in from the thicket and goes to her and just walked around her I don't know how meny times. He was not big but I would have shot him if he gave me a shot but he didn't and I couldn't because I only had 2 arrows and they are both stuck in the dirt to my left. He stayed so long I ran my bow down on the rope and had all my stuff packed so I could get down as soon as he left. Which I did after dark.
I can't post pictures and do HI with out loosing one or the other so I will post this, co copy pictures then come back and edit this and install picture and doo it all over again for next picture

Onebentarrow


This is the little fawn bedded behind the stand at 35 yds

Here are the two deer after getting them pulled out with the ATV.
They are dress out and loaded in the truck and I am sitting in camp smiling, cuckeling,and relieving the hunt.

It wasn’t just a good day it was a great day. Life don't get no better than this.

Onebentarrow