I was reluctant to post this because I had camera trouble and the deer I shot was not the deer I thought she was. I haven't killed a deer from a treestand in a number of years so I was fooled by the size...there was some ground shrinkage. And then my camera failed to cooperate. But, long story short. I had put up a stand on the north side of a thicket where I had already had a stand on the south side. I had seen a monstrous buck a week before on the north side and decided that the deer activity I saw there last year indicated I should have a stand on both sides so I could play the wind better. So, last week, during a rain storm, I set up a new stand on the north side. Last Monday, Oct.1, I decided to sit the new stand. After about an hour in the stand I heard some noise off to my left and decided to take my bow off the hanger. There was a full moon and it seemed too early for deer activity but after daydreaming a bit I looked down to see a doe about 15 yards away, feeding. Never saw her come in and never heard her. She looked young but was fawnless...certainly not one of this years fawns. She was head on for quite a while but I decided that if she gave me a shot I would attempt it. She had "noticed" me is the tree but didn't seem at all alarmed. At one point she turned broadside and i started to draw. Then she started to walk, quartering away. Because she was now moving I aimed at the front of her shoulder thinking she would walk into the arrow. However, when I shot two things happened. She stopped dead in her tracks and fortunately the arrow caught her in the throat. Secondly, deer in the swamp started to run in every direction...deer I did not know were there. I found my arrow in four pieces, all covered in blood and about 20 yards passed my other tree stand the blood trail ended. I decided to take some pics but the camera did not cooperate. The only pic that came out was the one I am posting.
I called my friend, Todd (Birdbow on here) to tell him the good news. After some guy talk he told me that that next morning he had to bring his son, Gregg, to the University to be picked up for military training. He asked if he could stop buy and sit in one of my turkey blinds for a while. Well, that was easy to answer and the second pic tells another story...which he may or may not want to add to. In any event it was a good two days. Good company and two filled tags.
My young doe. Broadhead was a really sharp 3 blade Razorcap. If leaves had not been on the trees I would have seen her go down. Bow used was my DAS with 58# Wines limbs, Axis 400 arrow. Damage to the deer was devastating.
Todd and his turkey. He was shooting a 60# Big Jim Thunderchild bow, big Snuffers and I believe GT shafts.
Topic: A good two days (Read 660 times)
