Another beautiful morning!!

[kennym]

Got to my stand an 6:20,  40 minutes before light. The night sounds with a very slight breeze and a nice temp of 30* made a very enjoyable wait for light......  

[kennym]

Me and the squirrels enjoyed the first hour , along with a pileated woodpecker. Then just before 8:00 I saw a lone deer about a hundred yards out sorta headed my way.  

[KAZ]

[kennym]

I glassed it and it looked to be a button buck, free pass for him...

Then at 30 yards I see a different deer coming to me, gonna be right in front very shortly.How the heck do they do that!!  I pull my longbow up out of my rubber boot, and start getting in position as quickly as I can. Oh , small doe, not sure if I want to shoot.....

She is now at 10 yards, still not sure, nah, not gonna.

Then from the same place comes a bigger deer on the run!! Crap, I'd shoot this one but not running!!  

[Terry Green]

Glad to see you started this....since I missed the hunt again this year!!!

     

[kennym]

Did I mention it was a BEAUTIFUL morning to be in the woods??

[kennym]

Hope you can come next year T!!

[KAZ]

[kennym]

Still steady breeze about 5 mph blowing across the trail above the deer. Love when you can find a stand where you can pull that off.

The bigger deer comes crashing in right in front of me at 10 yards, slides to a  stop at a little ditch still broadside at around 11 yards.....

 

[kennym]

As the deer is charging in, I am frantically swinging the bow to stay with it. When it stops, the bow seems to just shoot itself, no thought or action from me that I can remember, just the arrow disappearing   in the correct spot. WOW , what just happened?

The deer makes a run for 50 yards, and stops. I have yet to see the arrow in the dirt because I'm watching the deer. Then the buffalo shuffle sideways and down. 8 seconds or less....

[kennym]

Then I saw the arrow in the dirt and thought MAN, what an efficient weapon a sharp broadhead is.

And reusable, this one has been thru 5 deer and a cat.....(Took 2 arrows, last deer broke the other one)

[kennym]

And there it was, a freezer deer. Bro came and helped me get her to the house. Hope you all enjoyed the hunt, I sure did!!    

[J. Cook]

Great post Kenny - another great season for you!!!!

[stagetek]

Great morning is right. Congrats on a fine deer, and nice story.

[BMN]

Very nice Kenny!

[Bernie B.]

That's a beautiful picture Kenny!  Congratulations on a beautiful doe - what a way to end 2016!      

Bernie

[Zwickey-Fever]

Great job!  

[Kopper1013]

Great story and a beautiful doe congrats!!

[BlacktailBowhunter]

Great story congrats.

What kind of bow?

[KAZ]

Well done Kenny, great story