specialist1

My hunt went like this I was 28 years old, both my father and myself had never shot a deer. We agreed to meet 1/2 hr before light at our spot, I also told my dad that I would not wait a minute past. He was late as usual, and true to my word I walked to my stand. At around 630 am I could hear a deer walking towards me, stopping every now and then. All of a sudden I heard the deer crashing through the woods going away from me. I was disappointed to say the least. A few seconds later I could hear the steady cadence of someone walking down the logging road, guess who? He asked me what was going on, and I told him that a deer was walking towards me, till it either scented you or heard you then it crashed away. He said he was sorry he was late, and that he was heading to the edge of this swamp, and off he went. Around 1/2 and hour later I could hear a deer walking back down the same trail as earlier. Basically the same cadence as before walk a little then stop a little. Finally I saw his head sticking out of the thicket watching carefully. It seemed like an eternity till he stepped out giving me a shot. As he stepped out into the opening he pick up his pace to get back to a thicket on the other side, I let out a [I]Baaaahhh[I] and he stopped dead. I shot him broadside with a slug from my 870 and he ran 20 yards and dropped. I was so excited, that I got right down and ran to where he had dropped. I had no idea what to do next, so I called my friend who was running an excavator on a job site and he walked me through field dressing a deer over the phone. When he was all field dressed I used a rope to hang him up in a tree, and went to get my truck as it was cold out and I was exhausted. i backed my truck down the road, and sat in the warmth with my coffee listening to the radio. My father came out of the woods around noon time, and as he was walking to me he saw the truck and asked what I was doing. I told him I was cold. He asked me if I had shot at anything as he heard a shot. I told I had, and he asked what it was , so I told him it was a buck. He said what happened did you miss him? I said no I got him, and pointed to the deer hanging in the tree. He let out an "Alright cool" I think he was happier than I was. Any way my deer was a 5 point, and he field dressed at 160lbs.