Only had about an hour and 10 for a quick after work hunt. My stand isn't far off of the road on private property. Uphill all the way to the stand. I got settled in at 3:13. Not a thing moving until 4:10 (sunset 4:23). I heard some steps in the thick cedars. I stood up and leaned against the tree, expecting a deer from behind me, but they didn't come from that direction. A doe with two big fawns came from upwind between the thicket and a stone wall. Only took a few minutes of slow walking for the doe to stop in front of me at 12 yards. She could have taken one more step, but I was already at full draw. There was a wrist size limb in front of me, so I just bent down a bit and let fly. I'm pretty sure the feathers tickled that limb and wobbled the arrow a bit, but it hit high right side, lung, heart, lung and stopped before breaking through the hide on opposite side. I had my string tracker attached, being an evening hunt with rain expected, I wanted a life line. As she ran off, the line got snagged on a stick and pulled the arrow out of her. But she only went 40 yards or so in a half moon, dropped, kicked a couple times and lay still. Her fawns eventually went to her and were trying to nudge her to move. A few minutes later another doe came down the same trail (auntie?). I decided not to double up and let her take off with the fawns. The Zwicky two blade snapped off the arrow, and I found it later inside the heart. If I didn't keep the heart for myself, it would be in the gut pile cutting some poor coyotes mouth. lol.
For the first time ever, it was an all down hill drag to my truck. Thrilled to have taken a deer with my longbow for the third season in a row, and the second year in a row to get one with each bow.
Brian
Topic: Another Good Afternoon (Read 1668 times)
