RE: Doe No. 3 recovered in GMMAT-ville
 

Nice doe and good story.

RE: Doe No. 3 recovered in GMMAT-ville
 

Great Job Jeff!!!! Way to stack 'em up!!!!

She's a beauty ...... can't wait to see you lay one down with your longbow!!

RE: Doe No. 3 recovered in GMMAT-ville
 

Right where you'd expect it to be with a 10-12 yd shot on a deer from 23' up;)......low on the off-side.

I've still got the carcass in my 4-wheeler if you're REALLY interested.;)

Thanks, guys. This one spooked me a "little". First....I didn't see the arrow at the POI (see it hit the deer). Just being honest. I never saw it hit OR a hole appear. Second....I didn't see my arrow at the POI.....so it must have come out as she bolted and ran. Not quite a "Pass-thru", although the arrow did pass all the way through her (makes sense, .....huh?). Thirdly.....I saw or heard no crash. I felt a LOT better after I saw the arrow.....but I didn't want to take any chances. Like I said.....I backed out and she was STILL dead when I found her.;)

It was cool to see some deer, again......lol. I ended up seeing 7 does, altogether....and.....a Blackbelly Sheep. Still trying to figure out how to list that one in my journal.[8D]:D

Thanks, again, guys.

Rhody -

I "think" there's ONE pound of sausage, upstairs....and about 4 pieces of cubed venison, downstairs (respective freezers). I took my two does from a couple weeks ago....along with Matt/PA's doe to the processor at the same time (less Matt's backstraps.....;)). I donated all of that meat to the family we try to help out. I've got a home for this gal's backstraps with some landowners (biggest backstraps I've ever seen on a doe[&:]) and the rest will probably get made into sausage. Iget antsy myself.....when I almost run out.;)

RE: Doe No. 3 recovered in GMMAT-ville
 

Jeff, you've arrowed more does than I've seen this season :) Congratulations!

RE: Doe No. 3 recovered in GMMAT-ville
 

Ya know Brett.....

That's not necessarily a "bad" thing. If you're hunting for a buck....or "bucks" in general.....seeing ladies isn't really a "good" thing. I've had to tell myself this a LOT, this year. I think these were the first deer I'd had in bw range in about the last 8-9 sits. It's also the first time I was LOOKING for a doe in that many sits.

Good luck to you as your season progresses!

RE: Doe No. 3 recovered in GMMAT-ville
 

Like virginiashadow said. Thats more than I have seen all season. Great job GMMAT!
But looking at the 10day forecast for my area it looks as though things are going to start picking up.

RE: Doe No. 3 recovered in GMMAT-ville
 

10 yard shot through the "soft spot" and the arrow didnt blow clear through and stick in the ground??:eek: Interesting. I wonder why. I wonder what it would have done on a 35 or 40 yard shot? You may want to limit yourself to no further than a 15 or 20 yardmax range with that setup.

RE: Doe No. 3 recovered in GMMAT-ville
 

I'm at the "max" (for me) on the low end of the KE spectrum for my setup and mechanicals (and I'm still pushing 70FP/KE). I've had 3 kills this year......and three entrance and exit wounds. My furthest shot has been 23yds. My closest has been 8 yds. My furthest recovery has been 64yds.

I didn't take a photo of the exit wound, last night (I still can;))....but here's the other two.....





Now really.....are we gonna pick a time like this to pick apart my setup?

And...for the record...I have NO INTEREST in finding out what my setup produces on 35-40 yd shots. I don't take them.

RE: Doe No. 3 recovered in GMMAT-ville
 

See all that grey hair in the Hero pic? He's only pulling 60 lbs. :D[8D]

Congrats Jeff, Very nice doe. Ive killed two now an donated them both, one to hunters for the hungry and one to my go-to family thats takes about every deer I can give them. But I must say, Im getting low myself, I believe Im gonna hold out for a bigger boddied deer now and put her in my freezer.:)

But this "Buck hunting" has me intrigued... Im hunting where Ive seen them cross but it seems the little ones are using it now. But just monday when I killed my first one, on my way to pick her up, I spotted 4 deer in the field, one "monster" that I have no trail cam pic of, Im gonna take a 200+ yrd at dark scoring guess at 140's. He was with either 3 does or really small bucks, they ran into the woodlot That I just killed my fawn doe from thursday

I have an awesome place That I think could possibly be a good place for bucks,but i would have to get another stand and put it in a pine. And then be very carefull to how I approach this stand.

RE: Doe No. 3 recovered in GMMAT-ville
 

Give me a call, today, Aaron. You're looking at this the right way. I have a gorilla lock on and a set of sticks with your name on them.;) Just come and get them.