Well, I thought he would have already been on to tell the story....but since he ain't I thought I'd stoke the fire a lil.
C'mon Don...either you post the pics or I will! ;)
Come on Don fess up.
go head JC looks like he is still drying off....
If'n someone had to stoke the fire, :bigsmyl: it out to be a good story. :campfire:
I just got in from the woods and I got wet again! But this time it was from the rain which we need extremely bad. Got to go to work but here are a couple until tonight. JC I'll talk to you in a little while. Don (http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k209/rickybob_2006/CIMG1038.jpg) (http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k209/rickybob_2006/CIMG1047.jpg)
Looks like a Biggie story! lol
Yep, cept Don had the decency to keep his britches on :p
It looks like quite the adventure so far. Good to hear you guys are getting a little rain down that way!! I am looking forward to hearing the story.
Looking good so far, only thing missing is a skim of ice on the water :thumbsup: .
Im gonna look forward to reading this...
Gil
I can't wait to hear this story!!!! :biglaugh:
Bill
Is that a gator under that branch!?! Let's hear more!!
Tim
:bigsmyl:
Hey DW looks like a TurkeyCreek that drew blood to me!!! HMMMM DW's Bloody Creek .
Interesting...
C'mon Don, Its getting close to Bed Time... :readit: :bigsmyl:
Is this a new way to bow fish???? :biglaugh:
come on don.details,details.
:bigsmyl: :thumbsup:
wow looks like u stabbed the the deer with that sapling to make sure it was dead!!
lol
I was hoping to hear this story before I left for work tonight. :pray: I guess I will have to wait until tomorrow!!! :biglaugh:
Bill
Come on Don, you've got to start the story before you can drag it out and keep us in suspense.
i already heard the story cause i go to school with Skyler(same grade/class)
OK everyone, I hope this story lives up to the hype, so here we go....Saturday morning the wind was right to hunt a stand we call "drop-tine". This is about as perfect as a stand location gets. It's a classic funnel with a large creek on one side and a beaver swamp on the other with standing corn fields on either side. It pinches down to about 50 yards wide and a 100 yards long. I've been hunting this stand since 1985 and when the crop rotation is corn, it's hard to beat. Not as good as "Blood Hill" or "Thumb Nail" but its mighty close. I hunted it opening morning(Oct. 13) and shot a buck at 10 yds. and haven't hunted it again until Saturday. At 7 am, 2 large does passed at about 25 yds. and I should have shot but for what-ever reason, the shot just wasn't right. A few minutes later several more does and a small buck approached and the lead doe appeared to not have a fawn so she was the one I decided to try to take. She stopped at 7 yds. quartering away and the arrow was on it's way. The Intercepter entered the ribs a little further back than I would have liked but OK. Within 20 yds or so, I could see a lot of blood and she was plowing thru the standing corn for a few seconds then all was quiet. Just as I relaxed a little, a dog barked really close to where I thought she fell and the crashing corn stalks started up again and then water splashing. I got down as quick as I safely could and ran to the creeks edge to see the doe had died in the water but there were 3 large UN-COLLARED dogs on top of her. They were biting at her head and neck as they swam around her in about 6 feet of water.........Now here was a deer that I had just taken it's life and now all I wanted to do was protect it from these dogs, not because it was 'my' deer, but because of how brutal they were to her.....Strange feeling to me and I've thought about it a lot since. I wonder how many fawns haven't been so lucky.On the last picture, you can see some of the marks and the other side shoulder, I had to discard. (http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k209/rickybob_2006/CIMG1049.jpg) (http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k209/rickybob_2006/CIMG1051.jpg) (http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k209/rickybob_2006/CIMG1052.jpg) (http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k209/rickybob_2006/CIMG1054.jpg) (http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k209/rickybob_2006/CIMG1057.jpg)
Now thats cool!Congrats.
:scared:
By the way, the air temp was 44 that morning when I left the house. Don and Skyler
Kenny the bow was safely on shore :)
44? At least it was fairly warm out then.
I won a hunting trip to Selma, alabama a few years ago. It was semi-guided and they told me to shoot any uncollared dogs I saw near my stand.
I saw two packs of wild dogs, Bama's got a lot of those wild dogs in the woods.
I would gladly hunt any stand that was called drop tine!
I'm sorry but dem dawgs would of had arras through them if it was me. Nothing worse than a wild dog for game animals. We have our share here on Guam. Glad you were able to get your deer away from them.
Danny
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Cool story Don. Good size doe. I like dogs as much as the next guy. And I sure wouldn't want to shoot someones pet. But, those dogs just might be capable of attacking someones kid who wandered into the woods, or some farmers cattle. They need to be taken care of.
Yep, that's a tough call on the dogs.
Anyway, again, well done there Don! Looking forward to sharing a hunt with you. Until then, we'll see all ya'll at dinner tomorrow night.
Thanks for the story and pictures Don!!! I really enjoyed it. :thumbsup:
Bill
congrats!!
Great story with a great ending.. Congrats
:bigsmyl: :thumbsup: :jumper: :jumper: :jumper:
Check this out! (http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k209/rickybob_2006/CIMG1036.jpg)
Great story - good job! (Are those Dog Chops??? ;) )
My buddy had one die in a tank.
We went and got his bowfishing reel. I guess he shot that deer twice.
I bet the dogs would of liked those, dogs like bacon on their venison. :thumbsup: