First Deer of the Year in NC + Pics
10-06-2005, 08:46 AM
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: NC/SC
Posts: 58
First Deer of the Year in NC + Pics
Finally everything came together for me here in NC. I've been seeing deer just about every time I've been hunting, but I never had a shot opportunity until this past Monday.
I got into the stand around 2:30 in a wooded funnel where deer have been passing through every afternoon. At about 4:30 I had a fawn come into my corn pile which you can see in the picture below. Finally after an hour of watching her right below my stand she ran off. 10 minutes later her and two big does came in to the corn pile. There was a huge 120 lb. + doe, a 100 pound doe, and then the fawn. I already had my bow on my lap from when the fawn came in so I was ready. I then proceeded to turn on the light to my sight, which the big doe saw immediately. She was looking right at me trying to figure out what was going on in the tree, and then she got real nervous. She started heading in the direction she came in, and I wasn't able to get a shot off on her. As the other deer began to follow her, the second largest doe offered a shot and I took it. It was a quartering away shot at 20 yards and I hit her right where I wanted. She ran off crashing about 50 yards away up the trail they had come in on. I was shaking so bad from the encounter I couldn't get down outa the tree for 15 minutes. Finally I got down, walked up the trail, and there she was. Relief finally settled in as I knew I had my first deer of the year.
Just a side note to the story. I am taking my light off my sight because it just seems to spook deer too easily.
Here are the pics from that afternoon.
I got into the stand around 2:30 in a wooded funnel where deer have been passing through every afternoon. At about 4:30 I had a fawn come into my corn pile which you can see in the picture below. Finally after an hour of watching her right below my stand she ran off. 10 minutes later her and two big does came in to the corn pile. There was a huge 120 lb. + doe, a 100 pound doe, and then the fawn. I already had my bow on my lap from when the fawn came in so I was ready. I then proceeded to turn on the light to my sight, which the big doe saw immediately. She was looking right at me trying to figure out what was going on in the tree, and then she got real nervous. She started heading in the direction she came in, and I wasn't able to get a shot off on her. As the other deer began to follow her, the second largest doe offered a shot and I took it. It was a quartering away shot at 20 yards and I hit her right where I wanted. She ran off crashing about 50 yards away up the trail they had come in on. I was shaking so bad from the encounter I couldn't get down outa the tree for 15 minutes. Finally I got down, walked up the trail, and there she was. Relief finally settled in as I knew I had my first deer of the year.
Just a side note to the story. I am taking my light off my sight because it just seems to spook deer too easily.
Here are the pics from that afternoon.
10-06-2005, 12:34 PM
#10
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Norman OK USA
Posts: 3,318
RE: First Deer of the Year in NC + Pics
Well done on the first of the year. What kind of a light are you using? I have the trophy ridge light on my site and it too was very bright, so I took a black magic marker and put a big spot on the bulb. It works like a charm. I also only use my light when completely necessary.