I had a good season this year. I feel blessed. Best of my life so far. Here's the doe I shot at the first of the season. I had a hard time takeing here because she had a yearling with her, but the deer are so thick around here you see road kills all the time.I suppose that was why they had such a liberal season. I hunt on public land next to the Missouri River and alot of the time have to access my hunting area by boat. It's always interesting.
Again this is out of my journal that I started a few years ago.
I've been trying to rotate stands so any one doesn't get too hot. I had given the last stand on the bean field a break a few days, but on this night I decided to give it another try.
It's about 15 minuets before shooting time is over when I hear a deer coming down the trail. First comes a young doe with it's mother behind. The young doe comes right out, but the older doe is more weary. The older doe is constantly sticking her nose in the air. The wind is perfect and she can't pick up my scent. She's on the same trail that I shot the buck. As she enters the shooting lane I put the pin a little lower than on the buck and let the arrow fly. The hit looked good, the doe barely flinched, she jumped sideways a little and headed back down the trail. After getting rid of the butterflies I climbed down and marked the shot and the first blood because it's going to be dark in just a few minutes.
Bob is hunting about 100 yards away so I go and pick him up and go down to meet Greg and Rick. We wait about 45 minutes before we take up the trail. Greg doesn't have any problems following this trail and we find the doe dead about 150 yards away. As I field dress the doe I see that I had hit one lung and the liver so the arrow entered at a slight rearward angle. The shot was a thru and thru and we didn't find the arrow on the trail. I don't find the arrow until my next hunt,I find it in tall grass at the shot sight. Its a good feeling to make a good kill and find your arrow in useable condition. Besides getting your deer, you also saved yourself a 5 dollar arrow and an 8 dollar tip.
The drag back to the truck isn't as bad as Greg's deer. Greg and Kevin had to drag that doe about a quarter mile. Bob and I only had 150 yards. Rick helped a little. Bob and I had to skin and quarter the deer when we got home because it was still too warm out to let it hang even overnight. That was another late night with work the next day. My days off are still Tuesday and Wednesday. Bob's a lot of help and sure makes the job a lot easier. Bob and I deboned the meat Sunday and I took it to Mortensens Tuesday morning to be made into hamburger.

congrats on the deer and good story

congrats on a fine deer.

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Nice pic and great story. Congrats.

Congrats on the deer and an awesome story!
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Congrats,on your deer,I like hearing the whole story and seeing the results.Almost like being there.

Hey nice work and the short drag must have been nice too.

buetiful doe bet she tastes good