Public Land Kill

Basinboy · January 08, 2013, 08:43:00 AM

Hunting a wma near home all week. I passed on a spike the first evening and saw a hog the next morning but didn't get a shot. I was trying to figure out where them bucks I got on trailcam were coming from so saturday I went deep in the swamp. I found an oak ridge between two pond/sloughs.
There was a trail a foot wide and fresh scrapes down the ridge. I got out of there and waited for an easterly wind. Monday's forcast showed ENE. So I paddled my pirogue over a half mile down a slough, then walked almost another half mile.

Hung my stand 10 yards from that trail and settled in.

The green heads were pouring into the long slough to the east all evening. Around 5pm I looked over my shoulder and saw a couple deer crossing the south end of the pond. They were headed to the ridge. I lost sight of them for a while, then I hear leaves rustling and grab my bow and get ready. Here they come on the trail. A big doe with two yearlings. She gets right in front of me and I pick a spot then draw. Next thing I know the arrow was on its way. A clean pass through behind the shoulder! Gotta Love It! She ran 30 yards and stood there stopping her foot, then fell over

Alexander Traditional · January 08, 2013, 08:47:00 AM

Nicely done!

Kip · January 08, 2013, 08:52:00 AM

Good job Cory you are a killing machine.You are our Louisiana R.C.

MR BILL SHORTY · January 08, 2013, 08:53:00 AM

NICE JOB

olddogrib · January 08, 2013, 09:02:00 AM

De-boned or just quartered? I know there's tons of videos on gutless field quartering, but if you're actually deboning in the field I'd like to hear about it. (Nobody will mistake me for a surgeon when deboning quarters after the fact, LOL) I sort of just "whittle" the leg bones out without separating the various cuts. Doesn't matter in my case, because I have it all turned into smoked summer sausage at a local Amish community. I hunt a few limited-access places where it would be nice to know how to do it in the field.

BDann · January 08, 2013, 09:20:00 AM

Way to go! A public land deer can be pretty hard to come by.

twitchstick · January 08, 2013, 09:45:00 AM

Very nice!

awbowman · January 08, 2013, 09:57:00 AM

You are right about that Kip, the man has a hatred for deer that just isn't natural!

joe ashton · January 08, 2013, 10:03:00 AM

de-boned is the way to go

January 08, 2013, 10:07:00 AM

Congrats, Corey!

Bisch

Bernie B. · January 08, 2013, 10:12:00 AM

Congratulations! Nice story and a great shot! That would be a neat experience paddling back to your hunting area. It would eliminate about 99% of the competition.

Bernie Bjorklund

NC Iowa/SW Wisconsin

Gen273 · January 08, 2013, 10:23:00 AM

Congrats!!!

old_goat2 · January 08, 2013, 10:29:00 AM

nice job!

DamselflyFarm · January 08, 2013, 12:23:00 PM

Sounds like a great hunt from beginning to end. Thanks for sharing.

Big Ed · January 08, 2013, 01:02:00 PM

Good stuff!!

bruinman · January 08, 2013, 01:18:00 PM

Congrats, that sounds like some real hunting.

bowless · January 08, 2013, 01:59:00 PM

Congrats! you sure worked for that one.
I've always wanted to hunt the south, then I saw the snake thread

Eric Sprick · January 08, 2013, 02:36:00 PM

Sounds like a great day. Well done!

Eric

Altiman94 · January 08, 2013, 02:51:00 PM

A doe on public land is quite the feat! I hunt some areas too that I can only access by boat and those areas usually have less pressure.

Next year I plan to de-bone the animals in the field to make my packs out much easier.

Rick Richard · January 08, 2013, 03:44:00 PM

Use to live in La.and had a camp near Red River WMA.