Post by: TooManyHobbies on October 31, 2020, 05:02:09 PM
The sun hit the trees and everything started to drip and I sat and enjoyed the peace and quiet. Even the neighbor's dogs weren't too bad today. At just a couple minutes before 9:00, I heard footsteps close. Looked behind me into the field again and three deer headed straight at me. I stood and got ready. Sure enough, the lead doe passed to my right, hit the trail in front of me and followed it. As she walked behind a big oak I pulled to anchor. She stepped out almost perfectly broadside at +/- 8 yards. Arrow away. Shot through her like a knife in hot butter. She hunched up a bit, but then just stood and looked around for a few seconds. Then trotted off, with the other two following. I had to keep looking at the arrow on the ground to confirm what just happened. I didn't think she would go far.
A few minutes went by and another doe was heading my way, but stopped and just looked around, occasionally stomping her foot. I looked real close to make sure it wasn't the one I just shot. It was another adult doe. Not sure if she was one of the followers. She finally walked off. Thinking of getting down at 9:30 to follow the trail, I noticed movement in the direction she ran. 3 or 4 deer were working the edge of the adjoining field. I climbed down at 9:50, picked up my arrow, walked a few yards and bumped another deer. This one was another forkie. He just looked at me and walked away.
With all the snow on the ground, you would think a blood trail would be easy to follow. I was only getting single drops of blood. WTH? The arrow was covered. With all of the deer tracks, it took me a while to figure out which were from my doe. But, after about a half hour, I found her, and she really didn't go very far.
This is how I found her, under a grove of pines, I only saw her ear at first, half covered with snow. I got her near side lung and liver. Hit was just a bit back from where I thought.
Kohannah Longbow. 62@30. Doug Fir shafts with Zwicky 125.
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