Hunted all week with the muzzleleader near Indian Lake in Hamilton County.

Had a misfire on Saturday on a fat doe.

Missed a decent 4 pt on Sunday. He was about 90 yards and I hit a small sapling at about 60 yards that caused a deflection.

Didn't see a single deer on Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday. I did see a bunch of turkeys, a few coyotes, and watched a hawk swoop through the woods and grab a squirrel.

Thursday morning I shot a big doe at close range - maybe 10 yards. I didn't expect her to run at all, but she turned tail and ran off into a thicket.

Spend all day looking for her and never found her. Had the help of several friends too. Only found her the next day because of the crows. She had died on a steep sidehill in a thicket about 250 yards from where I shot her. She was wedged in between some bolders and didn't have any blood on her. I must have walked past that spot 10 times, but she was impossible to see unless you were right on top of her.

Didn't even see any blood in the area next to where she died.

The coyotes had eaten a good portion of her. I salvaged what I could. I quit after that - what a damn waste!