Tree = 1, Me = 1, Deer = 0

[Turkeygirl]

This past Saturday, a week after the shotgun opener, and a slow one at that, I finally scored on a beautiful young doe, the best eating there is. This is the first youngster of the year, usually I get one or two with the bow but seemsl ike there's not alot of small ones running around (the prime eating kind). A tree scored also, but you'll have to read the story:o:rolleyes:

So Saturday afternoon, Andy and I head out. We were going to do a small 2 person drive on this swamp that we have had luck out of before. He has a certain pattern he walks through the swamp and I have a spot that I usually stand in where I can either intercept the deer if they come out of the brushy swamp into this little section of woods, surrounded by fields, or I can catch the deer coming across a field out of the swamp and hopefully back into the woods where I am. Sometimes the deer break out of the swamp and just keep going across the fields. So anyway I'm standing there behind these trees, a little more in the woods than usual, but I can still see the field. 'm waiting a little bit then I look out and way across the field I see at least 3 big does stop and look back behind them. I'm thinking "Ok, I'm only shooting a little one, I want a tender little one". I look for antlers, but no antlers. They turn and start heading for the woods I'm in. I have my gun up and then catch a doe running up the edge of the woods in the field, it's a little one, perfect! She stops right on the edge but there are some twigs and what not and I chose to not take a shot. I wait, she trots up the edge and turns into the woods, I'm following her in my scope. Finally she stops, right behind some trees! I know once she takes off again, she'll probably be trotting or running and I'll loose my shot. I have one small window for a shot, I've got her shoulder inbetween some trees. A very small window of opporunity, morel ike threadng the needle, and I know I'll either hit her dead on or hit the tree dead on. I settle the crosshairs on her and BOOM! She doesn't move! I wait a couple seconds, realizing I had to of hit the tree, I lean over to my left, settle the cross hairs on her shoulder and BOOM! she takes off with that kind of hunched forward look and I watch her, thinking it looks like a dark area right behind her shoulder. I wait, and radio Andy, then walk up, radioing him back that I hit her. It looks good. He finishes pushing the swamp, we walk up and blood is sprayed all over the snow, on saplings, and not far, maybe7 5 yards away ,there she is, a beautiful little doe with a perfect shot that passed through both lungs. Uusually my slug breaks up in the deer and doesn't pass all the way through but this one did. She hanging currently in our root cellar aging, she'll be tasty. Now, 2 weeks left to find a buck.

[Tominator]

Good job Ruth.

BTW--your scope's in the snow.

[Turkeygirl]

Good job Ruth.

BTW--your scope's in the snow.

I know, I know,lol:rolleyes: I took it inside but apparently didn't get all the snow off as in the morning sitting in my stand noticed it fogged up within on the one end, not so fogged that I couldn't see out of it, but when we got in, was able to take the end cap off and let it dry out, so it's good as new. I learned my lesson though, don't lean the gun on/in the snow:D

[ruttinbuc]

Nice shot Ruth, nice looking back straps there!

[Illinois59]

Congrats, enjoy the venison.

[TexasDeerHunter]

Great job!

[beagleboy]

great job