With 2 days left in VA's late season I decided to take outmy oldExcal Exocet for one more hunt, I've had her 9 years, and I bought her used, but she still thumps'em.
At last shooting light 2 does came in and one presented a shot at about 25 yards. After releasing the bolt I hear that familiar"THUMP" that tells you it's a good hit. I aslo use tracer nocks and I watched thelighted nock disappear then reappearas it passed thru the deer. When it reappeared it looked as though it was falling to the ground as if it had just barelymade it all the way thru the deer. I was very wrong.
Long story short, my brother processes 200-300 deer each season and we compost the remains. The following fall we spread the compost on our food plots for fertilizer. Well some of the bones don't breakdown.
My bolt did not just fall out of the opposite side of the deer as it had appeared. The MUZZY tipped Goldtip shaft zipped thru the deer and 20 yards later buried itself into a still very hard vertebrae from one of last years processed deer.What I saw in the low light was my bolt hitting the bone and tipping up before itcame to rest. It passed thru the facing shoulder and out the ribcage on the other side. The doe went all of 50 yards. Shewas the36th deer killedwith that bow overa 9 year span.
Back to my question - Last or First???
Is she my last bowkill of the season or the first kill of the new year? Either way, Thanks for letting me share this hunt with you.

xbowbarry