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Old 04-02-2007 | 07:00 PM
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i got 2
#1 It is the third day of bow season here and i just set up my stand about a week earlier. Well, 6 o clock rolls around and i have a doe coming in with the wind blowing right to her. I know there is a big un in there and see a deer behin dher sure enough 50 yards out they stop stillin my path of scent even though i sprayed down so much, i know i smell because it was still 90 degrees here and i was sweatin. It is the biggest deer i have ever laid eyes on here in NC and he is in a clearing 50 yards away, unfortunately i only practice to 40 yards and he smalled me and took off.
#2 I am in Illinois and there are about 20 deer in the alfalfa feild including 3 bucks. It is the prerut so i do continuos grunting to mess with the lil in and behind i hear a deer comin hard. I look back and like a video here comes a beautiful 140 class deer right to my stand. Like a fairytale i get drawn when he in running in and stop him with a tending grunt 15 yards away perfectly wide open and broadside. I setteld in and was rock solid right behind his shoulder. Thwack high and i know it i can see the arrow in him as he runs off. i am pumped because i think it penetrated enough for a good kill. Two days later we only found 20 drops of blood and figure out he never died over miles of searching. i went from a high high to a new low in 2 days.[:@]I found out that my rest had been knocked off sometime during the hunt bad and the proshop guy fixed it upfor me but i never got another shot.

the top pic goes with the first story and the bottom with the second ( the guide there killed it that week)
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