An old fat fart shoots a doe

[Duker]

[alex321]

Soory to hear of your trials...

If its any help, my Grandfather had several hip replacements ( one at 90     ) and they really gave him a new lease of life.  He was in excruciating pain until he had it done the first time.

Goodluck with the knees...and ofcourse the hunt.
Alex

[joe skipp]

   

[kennym]

Hey, buddy, don't fergit you are sposed to be here Thursday !

LOL

Congrats man!!!

[K.S.TRAPPER]

He might still be dragging her out Kenny run over there and give him a hand so he can finish the story.      

Tracy  

[Charlie Lamb]

Not draggin' or nappin'. Though at this point a little snooze sounds pretty good.

Well, nobody could have been more surprised to see this third doe than I was. This time I was on my feet and ready. I needed to let her pass me a little bit because she couldn't have been 10 yards and would surely have seen me draw.

The tree my stand is in is surrounded by ten and twelve inch trees a few feet away. She walked behind one of them and I shifted just a little and pointed my arrow toward where she would appear.

It was just a second before she appeared. I pulled "Foxy" to full draw, paused an instant and let it rip. The arrow flashed toward her and landed with a "KACHUNK". I have trouble sometimes with the real close downward angles with a tendency to shoot a little high. That's just what I did this time.

The big Magnus crashed into her spine just behind the shoulder and she just fell over. As is the norm with spine shots a follow up shot was needed and I delivered it with little problem. In seconds it was over.

I didn't spend a lot of time with her there. I wanted to get her out of the clearing as soon as possible and do the gutting somewhere else. I said a prayer of thanks and walked out to get the four wheeler.

When I returned I quickly tied a nylon strap around her neck and drew her front end off the ground behind the vehicle. I was soon sliding her down the trail to the spot where I park the 4 wheeler and untied her.

Since I hadn't brought a camera with me I made the ten minute trip home and brought my wife back with me to do the photo work. She was as excited as I was. We both enjoy deer meat and it had been a while... last year I killed a nice buck early and she decided we needed to have sausage and other specialty products made from it.

Well, since my season was interrupted by the tree stand accident I never did get another deer to make steaks of. The bucks back straps didn't last long and the rest of the year we ate sausage.

We got on with the picture taking and soon I was taking out the entrails. That should have made her manageable but as I tried to get her up on the 4 wheeler tack I realized that I wasn't going to be able to get her on there by myself.

So I made another trip to the house, got the truck and went to get my grandson. Soon we were back at the doe and quickly had her loaded.

By the time I took him back home and got the doe cleaned up and on ice it was pretty late and I hurt in places I shouldn't have been hurting.
I slept like a log and didn't feel a bit guilty about sleeping in the next morning.
   

[Jake Scott]

Way to go Mr. Lamb!!  As always a great story.  Very sorry to hear about your knee problems.  Thanks for taking is along.

Jake

[awbowman]

Great job Mr. Lamb.    

[rraming]

Nice job, nice smile you have too!

[Bowhunter4life]

  Congrats Charlie!  Way to get it done!

[huntingarcher]

Good one Mr.Lamb!  

[Pheonixarcher]

Another fine hunt, and well written experience by Mr. Lamb. Congrats on the fine harvest. Sure wish I could find a copy of your book!

[joe vt]

Loved the story telling Charlie.  Congrats

[Mike Manassa]

Nice job Charlie. Great story

[JMG]

     Great job!!!

[Pat B.]

After all that your tongue should have been hanging out..

I once heard that true happiness is the sudden cessation of almost unbearable pain..   And I feel your pain on a regular basis..

You still have the best smile in the business!

[K.S.TRAPPER]

Good job buddy now get rested up and ready for this weekend.      

Great pick!

Tracy

[lilbobby]

Nice story Mr. Charlie and a nice doe?

[jcar315]

Congrats!

[Bowwild]

Excellent hunt and fun reading!