The lone doe that came in first slowly started making her way away from me, directly away from me. This was OK. The others were still on their way.
Before I knew it, I had 4 does and 3 bucks within 12 yards of me, including downwind. This was bad. There were alot of eyes around and the wind was now blowing from me straight to the lead doe. She did not react. Then another doe walks directly down wind. She smelled a rat.
While all of this was going on, two of the three bucks were oblivous to what was taking place with the lead does only feet away. These bucks were the smaller ones. I had wanted the 8pt. He was not quite P&Y, but he was close. The problem was he was interested in a doe out in the pasture. Yup, that is what I said. Chasing a doe the first full week of October. He was not bellied down, tongue hanging out, 14 yeard old boy kinda' chasing, but he was definately chasing.
Hung up with him was about 5 other does that he was not interested in. Problem is, they are intersted in that doe that is downwind of me. She has now got a case of the "Elvis Legs", she is smelling a rat, and she don't want to be where she is standing at the moment.
She has not pinpointed me yet, but its coming soon I figure. I checked the 8 pt, he has went the other direction, game over for him. I look down, all the doe now see me. I must have caught their attention when I looked for the toad.
Crunch time. The old saying of a bird in the hand is better than 2 in a bush is what rushed through my mine. I concider myself extremely blessed to be able to have the opportunity to hunt with Ms. Hope and I don't want to send her away without knocking the new off.
I decided to take the largest of the 3 small bucks. All of the does were on red alert, so they were out of the question, but the silly boys were more worried about their bellies than they were their heart and lungs.
Did anyone ever tell you a diet high in White Oak acorns leads to heart and lung problems? Well, it does!!
This guy is proof. Upon autopsy, he has sustained serious damage to the right lung and had a hole in his heart that went from the top directly down to the bottom. A heart cannot work with 1 1/4" a hole through it. This guy found out the hard way.
This buck ran about 80 yards after the shot. the other deer, they ran about 40 yards, stopped and came back to feed on the acorns. I had to wait for them to leave to track my deer.
By the way, the oldest in the pic, well, he's my bloodhound. I am colorblind, I can't blood trail deer, but my oldest, Possum, he is a hound.
He is a small buck, but I was very happy to have the opportunity to hunt and take a deer with Ms. Hope. He is a 5 pt. weighing in at about 110-120ish pounds. With the 1st down for the gal, its time to try loading up on some mojo.
God Bless,
Nathan
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