5:00am - Woke up and got dressed. Loaded the Honda 300 4X4 and picked up my buddy and headed to our hunting location.

5:30-6:05am - Saw a lot of deer on the way to the location. Lots of does and a couple small bucks including a high tined spike.

6:10am - Arrived at the location and took some time to use the bathroom, drink some water, and prepare for the day.

6:25am - Left for the stand.

6:48am - Sitting in the stand with everything ready.

7:25am - Can hear a deer coming from behind, so I remain perfect still untill she appears to my left. I watch her and her little one walk by and browse around for 20 minutes before they disappear into the brush. Durning their time around the stand they knew something wasn' t right. So I knew I had to move the stand. [:@]

7:50-10:00am - Watched squirrels and chipmunks run wild. LOL

10:30am - Got the treestand moved to a new position about 40-50 yards from the old stand location. Returned to the four wheeler and waited for my buddy.

11:00am - My buddy returned with no deer sightings at all. Hmm....

11:15-1:00pm - Shot the bows and ate some lunch. Decided to take a deer if given the chance....

1:30pm - Back in stand again. Ready and waiting....

1:40-2:30pm - Must have fallen asleep????

2:30-4:30pm - Squirrels and chipmunks....

4:45pm - Stand up and stretch. Look around and get ready to sit back down.....get comfortable again and start watching....

4:50pm - Large doe and small doe come down a road behind me and start up the trail that I use to get to the stand. I stand up and get ready.

4:55pm - The large doe smells where I had walked and hops away from my stand. The small doe looks around and stays on the trial. She stops in a opening and looks around.

4:58pm - She turns quartering away so I draw and take my aim...I place the 30yrd pin at the top of her shoulder....the 40yrd pin falls on her rear quarter. She starts to turn away and I release....WHAM!!! She' s hit!!!! She hops off the bank onto the above road and goes down. I hear her crash and can see her kicking.....all this in about 8 seconds...

5:05pm - The large doe is snorting and blowing around. I lower the bow and get down. I walk out to where the shot took place and no blood or arrow???? Hmm....

5:15pm - I go out to where I saw her go down and found her and my arrow. I guess she was 40 yrds away because I landed a Texas Heart shot that hit both lungs.

6:00pm - I have her field dressed and back to the truck. I mess around for awhile and then go to pick up my buddy.

7:10pm - My buddy comes around the hill carrying a coon??? Come to find out that the coons were tearing down his feeder and one stood there too long. LOL. Pretty good shot with his bow.

7:30pm - Get back to the truck to find out that the neighbors dogs had gotten into the back of the truck and ate the hams off my deer. [:@] I break bad and stomp one of the dogs into the ground but the other escapes.

7:45pm - I give what' s left of the deer to the neighbor, and they do me a favor, and I give them fair warning that the next time....I have a arrow for their dogs. They assure me they will be tied up from now on till the end of season.


Not a bad day overall. Didn' t see the deer I expected, but now I can watch around more for a buck then anything else. I love my new hunting spot and can' t wait to return Monday evening. Should be another good hunt....although I have to find a place for Monday morning...hmm....

I would have posted a pic but I gave the deer away. So I guess the next one will be with a pic.

Huh? How' d that work? Sounds like a pretty eventfull day anyway.

Nice Kill!!!

nice good eatin

go deep hunt hard.

The deer was quartering away....as I shot she turned to an extreme quartering away but not completely facing away. The broadhead entered high on the hip and went into the center of the brisket. The arrow was burried up to the feathers.

Arrow went in at the hip and ran straight into the brisket. If the shot had more of a angle it could have hit the heart.

Worked anyway.

And yes, very good eating. Ate the backstraps/tenderloin today. [:-]

Congrats HighCountry!