I have been bowhunting(trad only!) for about a month now. I live in eastern North Carolina, which is very deer rich country, as anyone who lives here will agree! I am hunting from a private lease wiht a fair amout of ok bucks, but the are super nocturnal, even during bow season.
Anyway, I was learning the ropes for the first week or so, and I learned more in those days than I ever would have thought. I spooked a few does, didn't take shot opportunities on a four point, along with many other close encounters. i saw close to 30 deer under 20 yards before making a kill, which hapened on thanksgiving morning.
we got out to the lease about 6, with plenty of time before sunrise at about 7. I got into the stand, not expecting much for today, considering that it was pretty balmy, in the high 40's. first light came and went, but I was really waiting for the doe that had been showing up religiosly at 8:30. she had been using a cornpile behind me to the left, on a logging trail, but had eaten all the corn, so she came to my lane today. she came in about 8:45, went straight to the corn, and started munching away. she was standing partially covered by a tree, dead broadside at 10 yards. her vitals were exposed, but she was watching me constantly and I couldn't shoot. She fed for a few more minutes, and finally started walking up the lane . I waited until she turned her head, drew, and shot. I watched the arrow sink to the fletches as she crashed into the woods. she was at 12 yards, very slightly quartering away. She lived for 5 seconds after the shot, and after an easy track, We found her in a ditch 50 yards away.the trail looked like a leak in a wine truck, at places three feet wide! I made a center lung shot, sliding between two ribs, and it certainly did the job! It was awesome to finally, after all that hunting , have it come together perfectly. I was shooting a bob lee 43# at 25" recurve, easton arrows tipped with Woodsman elite 175 gr heads.
thanks for the support and guidance of a couple of great guys; John Dill and Don Batten, and also of all you other tradgangers. couldn't have done it without you!
lm
thanks guys!
P.S. This is Luke's dad, He did a great job and I was very proud of his tenacity and discicpline in waiting for the right opportunity. Well done!
Joe McMillan
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Topic: luke's first trad kill: thanksgiving! (Read 1071 times)
