I agree with the other posters…what’s up with the front left leg? Is it buried in the pine needles? Because it looks like she’s missing the lower portion. And...no pass-thru? Not that it would make her any more dead, just wondering.

Your story is hilarious and I can totally relate!...except I didn’t have to use my boot. It was my first year hunting (a few years ago) and my second time out. I decided to show up as a stand-by at a special management hunt where they close the state park down for hunting. Well, there were some no-shows so I got to go. I didn’t really have much of an idea of what I was doing, so I just wandered into the woods and picked a holly tree with good cover to sit under. After a couple hours, I saw a goat off in the distance (at least I’m being honest as to my thoughts!)! As the goat got closer (moving perpendicular to my position), I realized it was a deer and got ready to fire. I had a shotgun loaded with 00 buck and took the first shot. This 3-point buck took a sharp 90-degree turn and started heading straight at me with his head down, half-kocked to the side and a crazy look in his eye! Needless to say, I freaked and fired off two more shots (maybe it was 3...who knows!) as he kept closing in. He literally ran inches past me and collapsed about 20 yards away. I’ll tell you what…it would have been no fun to have been impaled by his lone and very long spike tine.

Another guy who was hunting the same area came by to see why I shot so many times, and when I told him the story, I could see the, “yeah, right!” in his eyes. When we went back to the stool where I was sitting to get my stuff, he saw the blood trail right next to it and exclaimed, “Holy crap! I thought you were full of it!”

And please…no lectures on the use of buckshot. I was a newb and know better now.

Congrats on the doe. I love hunting!