last day in buck season my first year...saturday so i being a junior could take a doe...my dad had to work so he asked a buddy if he wanted to take me and he did...driving up the guys driveway that was letting us hunt we seen a buck and a few other deer..the buck was a MONSTER...looked liek a big 12 or so..get ot the spot and set up...about 30 mins later a small yearling doe walked down and im not up and ready...she walks within 12 yds of us and runs off after catching a wind...i got my gun up and sat ready for the rest of the time...i hear something walking down the hill i was watching..figured it was the tukeys we were listening to or the tree rat i was watching play around...i hear a snort..didnt see the deer yet the guy was like devin! a deer! she goes behind a big oak i take the saftey off and she turns around..i didnt know what to do so i was like "should i shoot!" and as soon as i hear the y part of yes i cracked one off with the winchester 88 in 308...watching as the bullet hit i watched her do a flip sideways in the air! it was wild..her legs were n the opposite side of the hill too...i was totally calm until the second i seen her on the ground after the flip..i lost it..i was breathing sooo hard and shaking like a leaf..we sat there for like 5 minutes so i didnt fall or anything on the way over..another deer came running down the same trail and kept running right by her..looked like a yearling doe..right before i went nuts i seen like 25 turkeys take to wind and about 15-20 deer running off...i wonder if i woulda waited if the monster buck would came down..but im still happy...later in the paper or maybe the next year a nice 16pt was shot in the same town i took the doe...im willing to bet its the same deer i seen!...and the guy was going to take me to another spot..and shot on that day was a nice buck in the same area...a nice 12pt i think...im still happy with my nice mature doe!
kinda wish i coulda shared the thrill with my dad...but he gto to see the second deer i took and alots of my firsts...that was definently the biggest rush ive ever had...