Congrats Bill!!!

Congrats Bill. Some good eating there for sure.

Congrats

GREAT STORY...and PROOF that regardless of how much experience a bowhunter has, there is ALWAYS something to learn!

Great job on all accounts! Thanks for sharing, I hope you had a great Thanksgiving!

FarmerMarley: Fred Eichler once stated that bowhunting is a matter of inches. The pic shows the entrance and exit hole....hence, "hair was flying everywhere". I was extremely lucky she wasn't a bit quicker. Obviously I hit the carotid artery. Again, I like multiblade heads because this could easily have been a non lethal shot depending on how the broadhead was aligned to the artery as it passed thru. It could have easily slid by, I believe.

Dave: Laura and I are doing very well. The night before I shot the doe she saw 11 deer and could have had a shot at a walking big buck but he showed up at the same time four does did at her stand. The does took off with him in hot pursuit. On our way out we encountered two bucks fighting in the farmer's field about 50 yards from where I got the doe and on my ride home with the doe I saw an awesome buck cross in front of me and about half mile later a one horned eight pointer (had a one sided 4 point rack) ran along in front of me for about 25 yards  before veering off into the woods. I think rattling would be a good strategy...I know it worked for you last year.

Congratulations buddy!! I like those multiblades too. A bone hit isn't the only way to hit a deer bad, just one of many and the multi pays off.

I too thought the "Butt Out" tool was some kind of joke until I saw a guide use one at Solana a few years back. Quite impressive in it's ease of use and every guide there owned one.

Oh yeah, Mudd has been usin' the "Butt out" tool for years, every Sat. night...          

Congrats Bill.  Good thing you still had some trees with apples.  None of the trees where i am hunting have any left.  making it even tougher to pattern the deer.  Way to make and opportunity count!

Mike: There is not much of anything left. The deer on this farm, which is primarily a flower and herb farm, feed on the left overs and most nights as I leave I can see eyes in the fields even though they have 7 foot fences. Yesterday as I was going down to their remaining Christmas trees they were overseeding the whole field with winter rye. If we get some warm weather the next week and or so and it germinates and begins to grow I know exactly where I will be sitting. Every deer for miles will be into that stuff...they love it: especially the first growth.

Nice Bill!      Looks like you hit her in the Jugular Vein!!??   :eek:    

Bentpole: If I could choose what "bad" shots to have this would be the choice. I hit another deer in nearly the same spot about 3 years ago when my arrow was deflected by a twig in low light. That one only made 3 jumps or so. While in Labrador hunting caribou the wind took my arrow a bit wide and took a nice bull thru the carotid. Blood was spurting everywhere and he  only made it about 5 yards from where he stood when the Woodsman took him. I would never intentionally aim for this spot but if an arrow is errant or a deer tries to beat the arrow and doesn't this is where I would prefer the wound to be.