I talked to a guy last night who reported to me he'd shot a nice big doe (a real beauty.. he had to bring it by the house and show me since I tuned his muzzleloader for him). I asked him how far away and he said 25 yards. He then said, I know she saw me, I'm sure of it. But she never ran. He dropped her right where she stood.

I then told him that small field where he was hunting, the people up the road in top of the hill feed deer allyear long in their yard off the deck and brag how they can sit on the deck and watch them. I am guessing one large doe will not be returning to their yard or feeders. That's the problem when you start feeding deer and other critters in the yards of homes, they begin to loose their fear of humans. In this case, it was not a good thing for that doe.

But this fellow has a beautiful fat corn fed deer to eat. I would have guessed that deer at around 130 pounds and just as nice and full as you could want.