Thank you all for the congrats!
Two weeks ago I went to western Kansas trying to get my first trad deer. I have been skunked for the last couple of years but it hasn't been for a lack of trying. I only hunt from the ground so that hasn't helped matters.
On the first deer I took with no blind while I was nestled against some cedar trees 10 yards off the intersection of two trails. Of course the deer came in down wind on the other trail and I wasn't expecting that. At 10 yards the deer paused and looked right through me while wearing my leafy suit. I let it go a few more yards and shot it quartering away. 60 Yards and I watched it drop.
The buck was taken this Friday and shot at 18 yards from my ground blind. I shot a little back farther than I would have liked so I backed out and waited for morning to come. It was a long night but I didn't want to push him and the temp was to get down to 29 degrees. The meat would be fine. As it turned out I didn't need to wait but better safe than sorry. The Zwickey Delta 4 blade had done it's job and the deer had died on the run.
With the buck in the freezer I was ready to fill my last doe tag. At about 8:30 AM a doe walked by the ground blind and looked right in at 10 feet. Needless to say I was a little startled as I wasn't expecting to see her that close! As soon as she put some distance between us and turned broadside I drew and released. The arrow zipped through her so fast I almost missed it. She went 25 yards and dropped. The Zwickey delta did it's magic again.
A beautiful trio of deer with a trad bow all taken from the ground. Add the wonderful sights, smells and sounds of being in the fall woods and it just doesn't get much better .
Topic: Ringneck's first deer (Read 1310 times)
