Well the good news is that we are on the board....the bad news is that we are barely on the board.[&o]

It was a cold rainy opener here in Va. After the usual opening day "little things" that always go wrong I got set up in the gloom and rain. Saw one comming thru the brush and caught a glimpse of antler. I couldn't tell how big he was in the brush, but where I hunt bucks are pretty scarce (public). So when he hit my lane and paused I let him have it. Waited an hour 15 and found a nice bloody arrow, but no blood trail in the rain.[&o] Started looking in the direction that he was last headed and found nothing. Sure enough he had circled and had only made it about 35 yards. 20 yards quartering away liver and lung and a half. Spitfire 100 made a big hole, but all the blood was either contained or washed away in the rain while I waited patiently (yeah right) for the deer to expire. UNFORTUNATLY what was a hoped was a small six in the gloom and rain became a 3 on the ground.

Sorry guys[&o]

Mitch