Sorry fellas...but I do work a lot(don't listen to Peter :p ) and I have a family that I like to spend a bit of time with too.....
.....Like I said, I finally got an afternoon to take my time and enjoy the time in the woods with out worrying about hurrying to go here or there......
I had just climbed up with my Lone Wolf, when I heard a racket behind me...I mean I wasn't even strapped to the tree yet! I could see a small sapling shaking violently, and knew that could only be one thing...
Fished out my Leica's saw that it was what I thought, a small buck rubbing a tree. He was about 60yds away and while he was busy I got my extra cloths on, my bino's on, and hooked up my harness. He was done rubbing and was now just working his way around eating acorns. I also noticed something wierd about his tail...I was chock full of those little "velcro balls", we call them bird-ox around here.....
Suddenly he bolted like he realized he was late for an appointment....kinda funny how he just up and went..but he stopped about 80yds away...
Time to have some fun...I grunted,got his attention, then gave him the old "can" call....his reaction was without hesitation.......
Before I knew it he was right about under me, moved a little past and started to do this.....
How cool is that!! Nature never cases to amaze me, my day was made right then a there....
By now you can tell,this little fella was safe. I was out there to kill a nice buck or a doe for the freezer. Nothing showed for a while and it was getting to the point where I start to debate weather it's time to get down or not when I heard something that wasn't a squirrel. I looked behind and saw a deer walking. In the fading light it was easy to see with my bino's that it was a deer that I wanted, and was gonna be in range in a second. I grabbed my bow and shifted my feet to get ready.
I voice grunted...it stopped...but in the low light I was a little hesitant, and it wasn't exactly point blank....but with out concious thought the arrow was streaking forward. The darkness swallowed up the arrow about 3/4 of the way there,and the deer was visibly starting to move as the two started to come together...A hard thud told me of a solid hit and it's reaction of a low,hard run was a dead give away about what the fading light had hidden from me.......
..I followed with my ears and within seconds they told me it was over.....
I packed up and got down..it was now real dark..this what I had to track....
Not much, but when you hit them right with a snuffer 160,you don't need much....
Topic: A much needed afternoon...video,pix,and story added... (Read 1885 times)
