Thank you everyone.
After recovering her I had a devil of a time trying to find a pocessor to take her to. I had left information passed on by a coworker back at home and I couldn't find the one herndont told me about. I called Raymon Bell, President of NC Bowhunter's, and got loads of help from him. Within 5 minutes of his phone call I was on the way to a processor near Walnut Cove, NC, which is not far from Madison where I was hunting. I arrived and unloaded my harvest. I spoke with Mark and Jennifer, owners of the business, and decided to donate the doe to them so they could get the meat to families in need. I kept the hide to tan for my father, a ham, and the backstraps. I have a good jerkey recipe I use and that's the only way my wife will eat deer.
I figured the doe had given herself to me so I felt it was appropriate to give her to someone who could use her to help ease these tough economic times.
I won't hunt behind their house again until Dec when I am fortunate to have the St. Jude's Faith Stalker with me. I trust that Faith will help me with another harvest if it is meant to be.
And for what it's worth, Eclipse makes a heck of a two blade broadhead. The GT Trad did its part too. It just wasn't able to withstand the power of a deer racing through Virginia Pines.
Much success to all this season.
Bud
Topic: First Traditional Harvest- Failure and Success with mixed emotions (Read 1271 times)
