Well, it was early Saturday morning. I decided since I only get to hunt 2 days a week I didn't care what the weather was I was going. I am in my stand 1 hour before shooting light with a nice steady stream of water cascading down my back and a nice breeze keeping me chilled. I was thinking what am I doing here but just as I was feeling like I wasted a morning a nice big doe walks into sight. She hung around for about 20 minutes eating acorns but not presenting a shot.

I finally had had enough of standing there with bow in hand so I sat down and lit a smoke and said to myself if she comes back over to me I will take a shot. No sooner did I light that smoke and she was headed right for my shooting window. A smoke always does the trick for me.

So she hits the opening and I raise my bow but all I can see is my pins and a big brown mass. It was only around 7:10 Sat. morning so there wasn't much light but I knew she was only 20 yrds away. I moved my eye away from the peep and looked directly at the vitals then re-aligned my pin on what I thought was vitals and released.

She jumped spun around and bolted. I saw the impact was high and back so I figured it was a fatal but not the best shot in the world. So I head back to the house to eat some breakfast then come back later.

When I got down I decided to check the arrow just for the heck of it. When I saw the arrow it was coated in bright red blood from tip to tail. I took about another 10 paces and looked out of the hedgerow into the field and there she was about 15-20 yrds from where I arrowed her.

Come to find out the arrow entered just above her entrails and since she was quartering to me it exited through her left hip bone and left leg. The 100gr Thunderhead destroyed the bones in her left leg and came out in near perfect condition with only a small bend in one blade.

I am very happy with my and now its time to go for some antlers.

Sorry for the long story.

Hunting is like life. You plan and practice thinking everything is just right and suddenly the wind shifts directions and it's all over.