Well thus far this season has been tough. The 2 big deer that I have been dogging for the last week have given me the slip. I had a beast of a deer at 50 yards opening evening but a silly coyote yelped in bow range from me and that was enough to turm them somewhat, cruising just out of range.
I had a great hunt tonight with an "almost" buck walking right to me and within 2 yards. Sorry no pics of him...that deer I had seen with one of my bigger, older deer and I was thinkin' about a showdown :readit: But it was not to be. He was solo this afternoon.
So with twighlight approaching I took advantage of a doe family group coming to the acorns. When I say come I mean run. It was like a dinner bell went off. I passed the first couple. They came on the same trail as the smaller 8 pointer eariler. I picked out the largest doe in the bunch and locked in. She had fawns but both were big and their spots were gone. I bleated her to a stop, picked a spot and dropped the string. Perfect! She didn't go 50 yards and crashed. Double lung pass-through using my Talltines longbow 57 at 29.5, using a GT Trad 75-95 with a 160 gr grain Ace Standard (100 insert) with a total arrow weight of 614 grains. The hole was a standard 2 blade hole. But the blood trail was a Ray Charles type highway of crimson :) My children ages 9 and 7 helped me "track" it. It will be fine tablefare for my wildgame lovin' family.
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Now bring on the horns, bring on the cold weather! For time being it will be some backstraps tomorrow night and a little red wine tonight. A toast to the beasts of the earth and thanks to God for the life of a hunter :campfire:
That right there is a big doe! What a great kill, congratulations!!!
sweet! Nice shooting And enjoy your well deserved Reid wine and backstraps
Nice big Wood Donkey! Great trophy, and perfect shot, congrats!
CONGRATS
Hey mike, that is one of those old roman nosed does. They are about as hard to get a shot at as an old 10 pointer. Congratulations!
One down in White Co... Nice
Sweet!
Thanks guys! Gonna skin her out now so that we get get quality meat cooled and ready for the table.
Bill she is ancient...spooky as the day is long too. I agree with you. I think those old does like her are smarter than any 4 year old buck. I am glad to get that old girl out of the area where I have some good bucks roaming. Have no idea what she weighs but I am not a little bitty feller. She was all I wanted dragging her :)
That is a swamp donkey doe good job and shot. Some good eatting there too.
Congratulations on a huge doe! That will give you lots of good eating this year.
Big girl.....well done!!
Nice shooting Mike, she a beast. I hope you cross paths with the bucks soon.
Atta boy Mike!! What no text :) Congrats big guy :thumbsup: A great warm up for one of the bruisers!
Way to go! I love it when a deserving bowhunter makes it happen!
Nice shooting on a monster football head of a doe.
Way to make it happen!!
What a huge doe! Congratulations on a great hunt! Thanks for sharing your picture and story.
Bernie Bjorklund
NC Iowa/SW Wisconsin
Way to go Mike! Somehow I know we'll be hearing from you soon...Ryan
She's a biggun.
She's huge congrats
Please tell me you weighed that big gal?? She is a monster doe. Congrats and nice shot!
Bob Urban
Huge Doe! Congrats!
Gorgeous deer, but what kind of boot is she wearing? You must have knocked the other off?
Mike, Congrats. Your Talltines LB looks to be a great shooter. Awesome looking Doe.
Those are some big ears on that ol gal. Those big bucks found some cache of acorns I bet and are just lounging there and gobbling them up. Looking forward to seeing that one in some up close pictures :thumbsup:
Nice one Mike,
Very nice Doe.
Congrats. and Fine shooting.
Thanks again fellas! I wish I would have weighed her after all the meat I pulled off her last night. She had to be 140# at least. Now I gotta find her daddy...Hey Steve O and Ryan: I was wearing my lucky hat some Manitoba outfitter gave me :)
Congrats...Nice shooting.!
That is a huge Doe..!
That is a HUGE doe!
X2
Nice shooting!
Dang Gina :scared:
That is a monster doe.
Mighty good shootin' there bud!
Very nice. Congrats on a toad.
Jeff
Mike, hat in Canadian is toque. Love the Stickflinger toque!
Toque history, eh! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xv3ec609-9o&feature=youtube_gdata_player)
Nice big doe! Congrats!
Congrats Mike ! Yep, them older does are the lookouts for sure. Had several of them over the years ruin my hunts when they knew something was not right and lead the others away.
A word of warning if she is indeed old.....one of mine was 8.5 years old according to the biologist and tooth wear. Backstraps and burger only ! I tried to eat some of the cubed steaks and even after running thru the cuber they were full of gristle. Hope old Mossy Horns comes by to visit you soon !!!
QuoteOriginally posted by wapiti792:
Thanks again fellas! I wish I would have weighed her after all the meat I pulled off her last night. She had to be 140# at least. Now I gotta find her daddy...Hey Steve O and Ryan: I was wearing my lucky hat some Manitoba outfitter gave me :)
That doe weighed more than 140 pounds....
Dang, that girl is BIG!! Nice going.
Glenn
Way to lay 'em down Mike. Hope to hear of continued success for you. Keep making shots like that, sure helps the tracking job!
Way to go...Congrats bro! :clapper:
Great job!
She would more than qualify for the 1st 'Monster Does' release. Have only seen them that large in Iowa.
Those TT's have no mercy.
Makes me wish I had the pic of the big doe my friend shot one year. He had a pic of 3 deer hanging from the front porch of the cabin. Two of them had their hind hooves touching the ground. His doe's butt was touching the ground. She was bigger that many big bucks I've seen.
Way to go Mike! She was one big ol girl wasn't she. She looked huge even on my little phone :thumbsup:
Good luck with the big guys your chasing too buddy :archer:
Tracy
Nice doe...you grow 'em big down there. Congrats and a nice shot. Looking forward to the rest of the story from your season. Good luck.
Very nice!
:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Congratulations !!!!
You need to get that gal in the big doe contest.
Sorry I can't give you any more details on it but I remember reading something about the contest on here somewhere.
Congratulations!
God bless,Mudd
Big doe, congrats!
You should weigh her and enter in the z give aways forum. Congrats
fire up the BBQ
Nicely done Mike.
WOW! Thas a really big ole DOE there. Congrats and may all your arrows continue to find their mark.
Nice work. Yum.
Not sure how I missed this thread but dang that is a big ole gal Mike!!! Congratulations buddy, can't wait to see a picture with you and one of the big guys on your hit list!
Congrats on a big nanny. The does you fellers kill are bigger than our south ga. mature bucks.RC
Way to go You will have table fare for awhile with that one, congrats. :thumbsup: :clapper: