I got settled in around 5:00 and felt really good about what could happen. The first hour squirrels kept my attention jumping around and "sounding" like deer from time to time !
6:00....I spot a doe and her fawn feeding under a oak around 60-70 yards away but paralleling my position. I crossed my fingers they might make there way to me but they feed on out of sight.
6:15....I hear footsteps approaching behind me, which is the direction I expected any buck in the area to be bedded. I get a glimps of a deer and some antler and imediatly went into auto pilot and grabbed my recurve ! I knew from the angle he was taking he wasnt getting closer and I could tell only one opportunity was going to develop ! The shot was going to be long, 32 yds to be exact, but I felt confident ! As the buck entered the opening i bleated with my mouth and stoped him......I hit anchor....concentrated on "the spot" and watched as those pretty white feathers bridged the gap and disapeared perfectly thru his chest ! The buck spun around and went crashing back thru the cutover, covered about 30 yds and went down ! Although I couldnt see him go down i could hear it all unfold ! Needless to say I wasted no time getting down to retreave my arrow.....and my buck ! The arrow had completely passed thru the animal and literally burried in the ground a good 4"....AT 32 YDS !!!! no blood trailing needed....I could see him from where I stood !
Needless to say....my season has turned out better than I expected !
53# Stalker coyote fxt, 550 grain beman shaft, 175 grn Simmons tiger shark.
Topic: Great evening.....buck down ! (Read 2144 times)
