Killed this little doe this morning, the first day of muzzleloder season on Ft. Sill,OK. She is 2 1/2 years old and weighed 67 pounds field dressed. Got into my favorite tree stand overlooking a pond about 45 minutes before legal shooting time. When it got light enough to see it was evident that few deer and hogs had been using that pond recently. Left the stand and headed 1/2 mile north to a food plot.

Chased three big does out of the woods into the open but did not get a shot. Approached the food plot from the south and at the edge of my cover seen this doe eating wheat grass. Wind was out of the east at 15-20 mph. The doe was standing broadside at a distance that i later stepped off at 103 paces. Wanted to get closer but that would have put me in the open field.

Got a good rest against a tree and touched off my Encore. Did not adjust for the wind and the bullet hit too far back (excuses, excuses). The doe stood for a couple of minutes and laid down. Quickly went over and administered a coup de grace.

This was the first deer checked into FT. Sill Sportsman's Center this M/L season.

Gun: .50 Encore
Scope: Zeiss 4X Conquest
Bullet: 250 grain SST
Sabot: Hornady Low Drag
Powder: 100 grains of Goex Pinnacle 3F
Primer: Winchester shotgun