Milwaukee Posted December 15, 2009 Report Share Posted December 15, 2009 Thought I'd share this little story . . . . I headed up for a quick evening hunt on Sunday. The wind ended up being perfect for my 'goto' bow stand (NNE), so I ventured my way out around 3:15. I was on stand and situated before 3:30 and had 2 nubbers show up at 4:05. It's amazing how big they look now that they have had a few extra weeks to grow and the fur is really thick. I watched the nubbers for a few minutes when I saw a small doe fawn sneaking in. She came in and the big doe was right behind her. It was so still and quiet that I could only move ever so slowly. I had the bow in my hand and tension on the string for over 10 minutes but could not get a shot because she kept standing either behind or in-front of a fawn. Finally, the fawns looked behind them and took off running. No snorting, just running. I still don't know why. A few minutes later the two buck fawns came in and then another buck fawn came from a different direction. Right behind this buck fawn was a big old doe. She would come in to the bait, get a mouthful and then back off the pile. She did this 6 or 7 times and after the 2nd time I started keeping track of how many seconds went past before she came back in. It ended up being about 30 seconds (give or take a few) so on the 8th time, I pulled back at around 25 seconds and sure enough, in she came. She came in, sensed something wasn't right and started to walk away. I centered the pin behind the front shoulder and squeezed the trigger. The arrow had hung up on some branches on the exit side of the deer and she spun it into the air as she ran off. I knew it was a good hit because she bucked when I shot and I could see blood in the snow from the stand. I shot at 4:25 and waited until 5:00 before getting down. I found my arrow and saw nice bubbly blood so I started to track her. There was a blood trail about 5' wide so it wasn't very difficult to track. The most difficult was walking through the very low canopy due to the snow laden branches. What used to be a comfortable 6' clearance was now around 4'. She ran about 80 yards and I found her. She ended up being a really nice doe that I figure dressed out around 140#'s. She's already cut up and in the freezer Now my hunting season is complete! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camoman1 Posted December 15, 2009 Report Share Posted December 15, 2009 Congrats! Nothing like having some venison in the freezer! Welcome to the forums! ps. I used to live in Milwaukee(WI) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodtrails Posted December 15, 2009 Report Share Posted December 15, 2009 :cool2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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