Went up to John's place this evening, lots sign but the deer have eluded me so far this year. There is one place I call the "old bucket road" I bushhogged it this year to make it accessible. I saw two bucks in this area last year so I decided to give the place a try.
About 100 yds after I left the field and entered the woods (ten year cutover) I couldn't decide where to climb as trees big enough to climb are few and far between up there.
While I was standing in the road trying to decide where to hunt a small chinapin oak tree sent a shower of acorns to the ground in front of me. This must be the place I thought and climbed just off the road in a clump of elm, maple and hickory trees.
About 1 minute before dark I hear a deer walking down the bushhoged road in my direction. He cleared the brush and offered me a clear shot at about 15 yards. I shot him walking, he kicked and ran off down the road toward the field. Because I use natural turkey feathers I couldn't tell where I hit him.
I took my time getting down, walked over to look at my arrow, not there, I didn't get a pass through. I found a good bubbly blood trail that went about 30 yards down the road and stopped abruptly.
I decided to take my stand back to my trunk and come back to sort out any blood trail I might have missed. I already had about 30 minutes on my hands and knees, when the blood trail stopped it stopped completely.
As I walked down the hill where I bushogged I saw one tiny spot of blood about 50 yards from the field. I shined my light down the road and saw what looked like a log in the road. Didn't remember any logs in the road. The log turned into a fat six point when I got a little closer. What a relief! He went about 75 yards.
I made a perfect double lung hit, he broke the arrow when he fell. Killed him with my copperhead backed osage bow, a chundo arrow and Zwicky delta broadhead.
Topic: I love my osage bow( dead deer pic) (Read 4495 times)
