Well, I got him all quartered up and in the cooler, so I guess it’s time for a little story!!!!
First of all, Wudstix, it’s not the big one I saw yesterday morning, but he’s a good buck, and I’m happy with him, esp since Hope got to play along!!
Anyway, yesterday afternoon, I went to the same stand where I had seen the huge 8 in the morning. I went out real early, just in case he tried to get one over on me by coming in there earlier than normal. Anyway, I went to the blind at 1:00pm.
Man, it was a looooooooooong sit. I never saw a deer till 5 minutes before the end of legal shooting time. And he was just a dinky little 6pt.
That made three hunts in a row in the same stand. I got to thinking maybe it was too much, and decided to go to a different blind this morning.
I got out to the blind about an hour before daylight. I threw out a little hand corn, and tucked into the blind to wait for the woods to wake up.
About 15 minutes before sunrise, I saw the first deer. It came walking down the trial and stopped at the hand corn. It was a nice big doe. I just sat and watched.
As the minutes passed, more deer came in. I bet there was 7 or 8 does and fawns all out in front of me. Then a little dinky 7 point came in. He wasn’t really chasing, but the does would move out of his way whenever he got close.
I was watching them all do their thing, when all of a sudden a few of them picked there heads up fast and looked off to my left. I knew there was probably another deer over there, but could not see what it was.
After a minute or so, I saw him. He was way out in front and to the left of where I was sitting. He had his nose up in the air trying to sniff out a hot doe. I guess there were not any there, because he put his head back down, and turned to walk right towards me.
As he got close, I could see three points on both sides. I decided he was a good 8, and I would shoot him if things worked out.
He kept coming, and as he got closer, all the other deer cleared out of his way.
Eventually, he worked his way to about 10yds, broadside, with his near leg forward. The “Dead Deer Position”!!!!!
I don’t remember much about the shot. Things seem to go into automatic mode once I decide it’s time to draw. I do remember seeing the arrow disappear into the deer very low and right about where I was looking. I felt really good about that!!!!!
After just a few minutes, I could not stand it any more, so I had to go look for my arrow. I had gotten a total passthru, and the arrow was lying on the ground about 5-7yds past where he had been standing. I picked it up, and it looked very good!
It does not show in the pic, but the arrow was covered in good blood.
I had seen him run and enter some brush about 25yds from the blind. As I started to trail him, I actually got a bit worried that things were not as good as I thought. The blood trail was very scant, and I didn’t find a single drop till after I got into the brush. Then, just small drops every so often.
I came out of that brush after about 15yds to see this:
Upon inspection, I found that the shot was indeed right where I had been aiming:
Entrance
Exit
And here is the buck that Hope got in 2019!!!! It turns out that he is only a 7pt. He is missing a brow tine on one side.
It’s gonna be real hard to send this bow on to SlowBowKing in a few days. I’m really liking her!!!!
Bisch
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Topic: The Adventures of Miss HOPE & FAITH 2010 - 2021 (Read 34311 times)
