The rain changed from steady to downpour right when I shot him. I didn't have any trouble seeing where the arrow hit because I was using a lighted nock (firenock). That was cool too. It looked to be a perfect heart shot, but the arrow hit the far leg and there was no exit hole.

I climbed down almost immediately to be sure I wouldn't lose the blood trail in the rain. Even with just the entrance hole, the blood trail was good and I found the buck easily, tho' he did manage to go just over 100 yards.

My lame attempt to balance my camera on the hillside, turn on the timer and jump over to the buck. heh heh


Getting the buck out of the bottoms proved to be a major undertaking. We had two guys, two girls, two trucks and a four wheeler.
Me.. finding out my rain gear doesn't work anymore.