DW went swimmin....

[Jwilliam]

I was hoping to hear this story before I left for work tonight.    I guess I will have to wait until tomorrow!!!    


Bill

[Whip]

Come on Don, you've got to start the story before you can drag it out and keep us in suspense.

[Gene Roberts]

i already heard the story cause i go to school with Skyler(same grade/class)

[DW]

OK everyone, I hope this story lives up to the hype, so here we go....Saturday morning the wind was right to hunt a stand we call "drop-tine". This is about as perfect as a stand location gets. It's a classic funnel with a large creek on one side and a beaver swamp on the other with standing corn fields on either side. It pinches down to about 50 yards wide and a 100 yards long. I've been hunting this stand since 1985 and when the crop rotation is corn, it's hard to beat. Not as good as "Blood Hill" or "Thumb Nail" but its mighty close. I hunted it opening morning(Oct. 13) and shot a buck at 10 yds. and haven't hunted it again until Saturday. At 7 am, 2 large does passed at about 25 yds. and I should have shot but for what-ever reason, the shot just wasn't right. A few minutes later several more does and a small buck approached and the lead doe appeared to not have a fawn so she was the one I decided to try to take. She stopped at 7 yds. quartering away and the arrow was on it's way. The Intercepter entered the ribs a little further back than I would have liked but OK. Within 20 yds or so, I could see a lot of blood and she was plowing thru the standing corn for a few seconds then all was quiet. Just as I relaxed a little, a dog barked really close to where I thought she fell and the crashing corn stalks started up again and then water splashing. I got down as quick as I safely could and ran to the creeks edge to see the doe had died in the water but there were 3 large UN-COLLARED dogs on top of her. They were biting at her head and neck as they swam around her in about 6 feet of water.........Now here was a deer that I had just taken it's life and now all I wanted to do was protect it from these dogs, not because it was 'my' deer, but because of how brutal they were to her.....Strange feeling to me and I've thought about it a lot since. I wonder how many fawns haven't been so lucky.On the last picture, you can see some of the marks and the other side shoulder, I had to discard.                      

[Izzy]

Now thats cool!Congrats.

[kennym]

[DW]

By the way, the air temp was 44 that morning when I left the house. Don and Skyler

[DW]

Kenny the bow was safely on shore  

[vermonster13]

44? At least it was fairly warm out then.

[JDinPA]

I won a hunting trip to Selma, alabama a few years ago. It was semi-guided and they told me to shoot any uncollared dogs I saw near my stand.
I saw two packs of wild dogs, Bama's got a lot of those wild dogs in the woods.

I would gladly hunt any stand that was called drop tine!

[Danny Rowan]

I'm sorry but dem dawgs would of had arras through them if it was me. Nothing worse than a wild dog for game animals. We have our share here on Guam. Glad you were able to get your deer away from them.

Danny

[DW]

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[CheapShot]

Cool story Don. Good size doe. I like dogs as much as the next guy. And I sure wouldn't want to shoot someones pet. But, those dogs just might be capable of attacking someones kid who wandered into the woods, or some farmers cattle. They need to be taken care of.

[JC]

Yep, that's a tough call on the dogs.

Anyway, again, well done there Don! Looking forward to sharing a hunt with you. Until then, we'll see all ya'll at dinner tomorrow night.

[Jwilliam]

Thanks for the story and pictures Don!!! I really enjoyed it.    


Bill

[Guru]

congrats!!

[Toecutter]

Great story with a great ending.. Congrats

[Terry Green]

               

[DW]

Check this out!

[ber643]

Great story - good job! (Are those Dog Chops???   )