gutshot

11/6: While hunting behind my house I saw nothing all morning. After lunch I went back and at 2:00 I had the biggest buck that I've ever gotten to full draw on come in behind me at a full trot. I got my bow out of it's holder and drew back, I bleated and stopped him. I put my pin behind the shoulder and touched the trigger only to see the buck turn uphill and the arrow go harmlessly down his side and touch nothing.

11/8: I hunted a WMA and saw nothing all day.

11/10: I went back to the same tree behind my house that I had missed the big one in 11/6. About 8:00 am I hear something on the ground and I looke to the left to see a buck coming out of the hollow. He came up to the flat that I was sett up on and turned and started walking away from me so I gave a few grunts on the ol EZ grunter plus. He heard the second one and turned and started my way. At 40 yards and broadside I stopped hime and let him have it. I got a passthru and had no trouble finding him. He wasn't big but considering the lack of deer that I've seen so far this year I'm glad to have killed him.

11/13: I went to one of my favorite ridgelines and got in my climbing stand around 6:50 am. At 7:20 I saw what I thought was a doe coming my way and decided that I would take her so that I could hunt bucks this weekend. In WV you you can kill 3 deer with a bow but one of the last 2 has to be a doe. So she crossed the fence into the woods that I was set-up in and at 10 yards and quartering slightly toward me I let her have it. But after the shot I heard deer behind me and when I turned around I saw a really nice buck standing facing me at only 30 yards and I never knew that he was there and now all that I could do was watch him run off. Well when I recovered the doe that I had shot I discovered that what I thought was a doe turned out to be a young buck that both antlers were broke off right at the skull. So now this weekend I'm doe hunting.

So so long.

nubo

Sorry to hear about your luck on the buck you thought was a doe. Maybe next season better thing's will happen for you .Congrat's on your 2 buck's I'm sure they will be fine eating .

nubo