Well after my radiology appointment and xray confirmation of a broken little toe, OUCH! I decided to not completely waste a sick day and headed out to the woods. I walked very slow and sat a lot LOL.
I settled for a sit up high but the wind was not good. At sunset I started down the hill. The squirrels were going nuts with the rain coming.
It was starting to drizzle and starting to get dark so I was moseying down the hill and stopping to listen after a few steps. Going slow because of the toe but heading out. As I reached the crest of a drop off I head footfalls coming up the hill toward me. Here comes this spike….I had a good sized tree about 10 feet in front of me and he was heading directly for me. I thought for a minute he may end up too close and head on, but he took a right and stepped in the clear and stopped. He had is left foot back to I tried to avoid it and shot all little farther back than I wanted….and lower than I wanted. Watched him run with my arrow up to the fletch. He went about 20 yards and stopped where I could not see behind 2 big trees. The I saw a piece of a white tail and then nothing.
So here it is getting dark, starting to rain…coyotes are howling all over the place. Not sure about the hit really though I knew it was fatal at some point.
I decided to text Mike and go immediately after it. I went right toward where I saw it last going very slowly. After a few steps I hear crashing far off in the laurel…..wrong decision I thought….dang! Just jumped him? Then as I eased out around the trees I see him bedded there with his tongue hanging out…
After a few more minutes I watched his head go down for good....10 minutes total and 20 yard run.
Nicked the bottom of the heart.
4th deer of the year so far with my Sunset Hill...Did I mention I love this bow!
Ace standard, Cedar Arrow, no camo, from the ground.
Trophy to me! Yum!
Topic: My Broken Toe Deer (Read 279 times)
