RE: West Virginia Opening Morning Bow Kills PICS
The story.....
I got in my stand about 6:15. It was about 40 degrees and windy 20mph gusts, rainy and wet.
At about 8:00 a 4pt walked about 15 yards from my tree. He stayed about a minute. After he left I hit the CAN call 2 times. Within 5 minutes a big 4pt came in about 30yds. He had about a 15in spread and no brow tines. He stayed around less than a minute. I was wearing scent lok pants, jacket, gloves, and headcover all 3D leafy. None of the deer even had a clue I was there but you could tell they seemed to be spooked by all the hunting pressure. After the 4pt left I waited about 15 minutes and hit the CAN call again, this time along with a couple grunts from my K&H easy grunter. I had put out 2 buck urine scent poppers and 2 doe urine scent poppers by Code Blue. About 5 to 10 minutes after the grunt calls a small 6pt and a smaller 5pt came in about 20yrds. They stayed around about 4 minutes. It was almost like the bucks were coming in to investigate the calls. I used the CAN call again about 15 minutes later and a doe came in. Within seconds of her leaving another 4pt and 6pt came in to within 10yrds of my stand. The whole time the these two bucks were looking behind them. So I knew there must be other deer close. I waited about 20 minutes or so and hit the CAN call again along with a couple grunts. Within seconds a nice shooter 8pt and the 9pt I killed came troting in to within 7 yds of my tree.
It all happened so fast that I didnt even have a chance to get nervous. As soon as they stopped the 9pt turned his head away from me and I drew back. I made a perfect shot and he went about 50 yds and crashed. The wind was strong but coming in the perfect direction. The bucks seemed to be still in bachelor groups and were not chasing does. But they seemed very interested in my calls. Successful hunt.