I contemplated not telling you guys the whole story, but when I think about it it's actually kind of humorous, so here goes.
I was sitting at my favorite stand in some tamaracks by a river bottom on our property. The sun was setting and I'd had one spike buck come by early in my sit. Looking up a trail north of me, I was happy to see a doe coming down the path that comes right in front of my stand.
From a full 200 yards away, she spotted me. She was obviously aware something was up, and she wouldn't let me move. It seemed like forever before she finally worked her way into my shooting lane. I had my spot picked out behind her shoulder and had been looking at it for minutes. When she finally put her head down I drew...for some silly reason when I hit my anchor, my glance shifted from the spot behind her shoulder.....to the one just over her back Before I could correct myself the arrow was sailing RIGHT over her back. I was disappointed and she scampered a little ways off.
I decided to give it another shot and used my Can call to try to lure her back in. She circled back around into my effective range of 30 yards. She was walking slowly, and I was confident I could make the shot. I drew, picked a spot, and shot...at the sound of the bow going off she stopped and jumped back slightly....the arrow almost grazed the front of the doe.
I continued to call and she reluctantly continued to circle at 30 yards. When she offered me another shot, she was standing still...I aimed and shot again, rushing it and putting the arrow right underneath her.
I'd about covered all the bases on ways to miss at this point Frustrated when she turned to walk away, I picked a spot, drew, got back tension, was tempted to release early, then calmed myself down and aimed to make an absolutely perfect shot behind the shoulder. She ran less than 100 yards and was down.
I am excited about the last shot and think I learned a lot about shooting under pressure
Pics to come...
Craig
Topic: 4 shots...1 doe down (Read 698 times)
