This morning I sat in the same stand I sat in yesterday evening. I thought it would produce last night, but a bobcat decided to take a catnap about 20 yards in front my stand right around prime time
and kept the deer away, I think.
So I climbed back in it this morning. I saw little to no action until 8:30ish, and then it was only a lone, young doe. She hung around for a while, and whenever she presented me with a 13 yard quartering away shot, I couldn't resist. I slowly drew and let the arrow fly. Freakin' smoked her. I watched her run 25 yards and crash like a sack of rocks. I texted my buddy who was hunting about 300 yards away that I had a doe down. I just nocked another arrow and stayed in the stand, since he was still hunting and said he had a few deer around him. So I sat and waited. I looked at the deer through the binocs like 50 times and just sat there enjoying life
. Low and behold, 20 mins later I hear some leaves crunching behind me. I look up to see a good looking mature doe working her way toward me from the same direction. The reason I wasn't expecting them from that direction is because it was directly downwind of me. I guess my scent control practices are paying off. It took me about 5 seconds to decide if I would take a shot oppurtunity..I would. The only reason I considered shooting a second deer is because I knew I would not have to track the first one, otherwise I would have passed her up.
She walked a circle around me and presented me with a 20 yard broadside shot, and both her lungs paid dearly
. She ran barely out of my sight (about 35 yards) and I heard her crash to the ground. It took longer to find my arrows than to find both deer
Here are some pics
My arrow from my first shot.
The heart from the young doe, sliced through the middle.
And the trophies
Oh and BTW: I got a chance to put my Magnus Stingers to the test this weekend (A yote and 2 does). I am VERY impressed
Nannies down in Oklahoma (Story and Pics)
