I had a great morning
I left my home in Oregon yesterday to go to my grandparents' 3500 acre ranch for our annual Oklahoma whitetail hunt.
As I approached my stand this morning, the shape of a deer caught my eye. It was bedded not 50 yards behind my stand..As I lifted my binoculars, I confirmed it was a buck. I quietly unzipped my backpack and poured out a little doe estrus scent. I climbed up to the platform, got an arrow nocked and waited. About 20 minutes went by and I heard footsteps approaching. I looked to my left to see the 3x3 I had seen bedded earlier walking up to my stand from behind. He had a noticable limp, and I knew he was injured. I waited for a good shot oppurtunity. As he turned broadside I drew and released, rushing the shot. At first I thought I missed low, but after finding my arrow, I found I had hit the buck low. He raised his head at the shot and stood his ground. As he began to walk off I grabbed another arrow. At 20 yards he stopped slightly quartering away. "OK Craig," I told myself, "Make this one count." I came to full draw, got my back tension, aimed and followed through. My arrow struck the deer slighty behind the crease of the front leg. I knew he wouldn't go far.
After a 45 minute wait I took up the trail and found him dead 60 yards from where the second arrow struck him! To say I was happy is an understatement!
I used my 435 grain Victory V-Force 300 arrows, 52#@30" DAS Kinetics recurve, STS system, SRF sight, and Eclipse and STOS broadheads.
Topic: Got my FIRST BUCK this morning! (Read 6355 times)
