What Pat said!!!  

Charlie, I visited "shakey" to get your accessory tonite, the deer tracks, poop and rubs indicate it is bein used! They are coming across the bean field to the v as usual.  :cool:

I figured Kenny....it was just starting to happen while we were there.....

This happened in my absence of ONE day....                

 

That is a substantial rub there!  

Terry, nice looking PCH your totin there  

I told you guys this was the hunt of 'almosts'....

Well....I almost got ABDUCTED!!!!!!!      

Pics to follow....

Thanks Yellow Dog....those are olive ash limbs...and yes...she's a looker for sure.    :eek:

I forgot about the attempted abduction!  

Loving the stories

Leavin' town for a couple days, will have to read the rest of the story on Sunday. Take your time Charlie....

Nobody can tell a story like Charlie can.    

Great stuff big guy!    

Tracy

Been very busy the last couple of days. Hunting morning's and evenings and filling the in between times with stuff that has to be taken care of in between.
Seems like the sky is falling around here at least every other day and sometimes more often than that.

Nuff said!!    

As soon as I lost sight of the deer I turned to a small opening in the wall of brush behind me. Just for an instant the doe was in that opening with two others close behind.

There was nothing to be gained by hanging out in the stand as darkness would soon be on me. I'd use the remaining light to search for sign close by.

I couldn't find the arrow nor could I find any sign of blood at the sight of the hit. That's not unusual so I quickly checked along her departure route. Nothing there either.

Since it was much too soon to move in the deer's direction, I opted for the short walk to my truck and the short drive to the house.

It would kill some time, there would be tracking help and most importantly there would be strong backs much more suited to dragging a dead deer than mine.

Next group arrived today from AR, Charlie, while showin them around we bushed a big doe , a yearling and a fawn outta the pond where you got that one!

Back at the house I told my story to the other guys and listened to there's. A couple of cold Cokes and we were out of there.
It had been an hour and that should be plenty.

We found first blood not far into the bean field and just before the spot where I'd seen the deer last.
Now we found more ten feet away.

It was rich red blood with signs of bubbles in it. Not as much as I would have liked but still a positive sign.

We moved that way for another 20 yards when the trail just dried up.  At that point I was second guessing everything that had happened.
"Maybe I hit it too far back"! "Why did I use the Stinger Buzzcut instead of my Magnus I." "I'm sure I had the angle figured...or did I".

With nothing to lose I picked the row where we had last found blood and slowly moved along search for blood as I went.

That animal was heading for the woods a hundred yards distant. That's what they do. Head for cover when hurt.
It made sense to me that it would follow a row that went most directly to where it wanted to go and I was in it.

After another thirty yards my light reflected off the white between her hind legs. Phewwww!!!
I'd found no more blood.

It was apparent from the stiffness of her joints that she'd been dead since very shortly after the arrow hit her. It could have been a little farther forward, but was a very lethal hit anyway hitting liver and lungs.

Terry grabbed her and headed down the row toward the road. We'd clean her up, get a couple of pictures and take her back to the cabin for proper field dressing.
 

It'll work again buddy!!!

Thanks for taking us along Charlie. The last picture says it all.....

Great read, as always, Charlie.  Thanks for taking us along.

Good shooting Charlie!

Man was I just glad to be there.....setting that stand I just KNEW Charlie was going to have deer in his lap that night...

I couldn't hardly concentrate on my area while I was on stand for thinking about the 3 Ring Circus Charlie just had to be experiencing...

That was one COOL set up!!!