Last night I shot a small 7pt thinkingit was anice8pt.Light was fading as I saw a lone deer emerged from the thicketgoing away from me. I flipped the "Can" 2 times for the heck of it, and the deer headed my way. I could now see it was a buck! It looked like a good 8pt, or so I thought. He walked behind some small trees and bushes. When I got a clear shot at his vitals, Itook it. He ran about 30yrds and crashed in the thicket. I then heard him gasping (loud) for air, then silence. I waited a bit and retrieved my arrow which was totally covered with frothy blood. I then followed the awesome blood trail to mybuck, which was a lot smaller than the lighting lead me to think.[:@]
I learned the hard way not to judge a buck ifit's getting too dark. I will pay the price by not being able to hunt Pa's rut.I am happy with any mybow kill, and bummed at the same time. I was hopingto get a big Pa buck this year. Well, a good thing is,this was my third shot at a deer with my Vectrix, and my third kill. Hopefully, I'll kill a real buck in Alberta.There is a1" brow tine on the right side.