It was cold ,rainy and windy yesterday , which made for 8 hours of not seeing anything but 1 yearling. No squirrels, no turkeys and almost no deer .
But this morning was different as the cold front rolled in during the night and I awoke to a still cold morning :cool: . We had a heavy freeze with freezing fog this morning. The weather lady assured a sunny morning .
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I was setting in one of my favorite stands where a finger point intersects with the main ridge - the persimmon patch.
About 8;30 I heard a squirrel bark a scolding at something out the main ridge . I started watching in that direction and soon saw a small buck headed towards me . It turned out to be a small 4 point and I let him pass .
30 minutes later I saw an familiar face - a doe nicknamed spastic -crossing the ridge about 60 yards away . She skirted around me and continued on down the point . She has a six sense as when not to go somewhere, she always comes out on top .
Ten minutes later I'm still grinning from my encounter with Spastic , Is see another doe and yearling coming right on the path past me . She got down wind and knew something was wrong but continued to stomp right on past me . I couldn't even blink an eye as she had me .
After she passed she went over the hill to a bench an started feeding on more persimmons. After some time I heard more deer coming from down the hill and saw a big doe with 5 deer behind her coming on a trail that will lead her right past me at about 10 yards .
As she entered the opening in front of me she stopped right where I wanted to shoot her . I had a spot picked on her side until I saw she had a BIG GASH on her back like someone had already shot her across the back . I refocused on my spot and came to full draw ,felt my back tension and the release just happened . The hit sounded like throwing a big wet towel on a tile floor , but I wasn't sure where it hit other than it was a complete pass through. She immediately fell down on her left side , which took me by surprise . She then ran around a downed tree in the shadows with 7 other deer and disappeared over the hill.
Not sure of what just happened I stayed in the stand for 1.5 hours before getting down. The arrow didn't have a lot of blood so I backed out ,went home ( 500 yards ) and eat some breakfast . After lunch, 3 hours after the hit I took up the trail, it looked like a liver hit from the sparse blood trail but the blood was bright red like an artery had been hit . After 200 yards I was getting worried . At 250 yards I look down near another stand of my ( ANDY'S ) to see her laying dead here is what I found.
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Almost perfect shot placement, don't know why she fell down.
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Here is the gash she had in her from someone else cutting her :eek:
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The autopsy showed I had hit 1 lung and cut the bottom of her heart out, why she went so far I'll never know .
But I love cold still mornings in November !
Good Huntin'
Jack
Great Doe! Congratulations
GLENN
Great shooting Jack. I've been waiting to see you check in with one! :clapper:
Nice story, Jack. Nice doe too.
Allen I took a buck earlier with Angelina (Schafer I bought from you ) but the pictures weren't the greatest so I didn't post him .
Allen how has your fall been ?
Hi David how you been ? You hunting any with DR Teter?
Good job sir! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Excellent! Congrats to you! :thumbsup:
Cool!
Thata boy Jack
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Adult does are a true trophy, Congrats! :thumbsup:
Cograts. Glad you a great morning.
congrats jack! :thumbsup: didja use a woodsman? :D
Great story. congrats
HA Rob no I didn't :)
Congrats on the Doe :thumbsup:
Jack, I sent you an email. Glad to see you give "Angelina" and chance to hunt also!!
Nice shooting Jack,Congratulations.
nice , congrats
I'll check it out Allen !
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That's a nice doe Jack! Congrats!!
Way to go Jack...these are the kind of morning we live for.....
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:cool: :thumbsup:
Great pics and story bud !
Like Guru said, those cold still mornings are what keep us alive. Nothing like sitting in almost dead silence then hearing those frosty leaves getting crushed by a herd coming your way. You almost cannot wait to see what is coming. Keeps you totally relaxed too knowing that nothing can get by you since you can hear EVERYTHING. I hate those windy or wet days when you have to be on constant alert and looking all around to make sure nothing is sliping by you.
Jack, Don and I went to Pendleton County week before last for only a couple of days--all the time he could manage. Saw a few but no venison. He hunted at Hoppy's this week--had to go to Orlando for a medical conference so swung by Hoppy's and was the only guy there. Last I heard he got one with the dogs and had one more morning to hunt. Hogs are back in the swamps gorging on acorns that are abundant this year and not coming to the feeders at all right now.
Congrats on the venison. Good shooting, thanks for sharing your story, :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
sweet job
Way to go Jack!!
Great story, shot and deer. I shot a doe once, center her heart, and she ran nearly 300 yards across a field keeping up with 4 other does, and crashed 10 feet in the woodline. Her heart was in 3 pieces, running on pure adrenaline.
Nice one.
Atta boy Jack. I knowed it would be soon that you would take 1 down. Probably more to come. It's sure fun ain't it. :thumbsup:
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Nice job, congrats! I can relate on "spastic", seems like there is one of those everywhere.
Way to go Jack, glad you ended her hurting-looks like it was sore as h***.
Nice doe well done,looks like backstraps and onions >>>-----> ED
Yeah I agree,, Does are the trophy.... to me Bucks seem dumb but a mature or even an Alpha doe now that with the stickbow is one heck of a experience!
Congrats
Great story, Congratulations!!
Merf