Well It Wasn't The Buck I Was Hoping For.....

[mr meat]

nice way to start the season! congrats!

[one shot scott]

Congrats fiddy-eight!

[DaveShooter]

Congrats to ya killer-lol-Nice eating deer for sure

[Deaf jeff]

But as they say, "Patience My Butt, I'm Gonna Kill Something!"



I thought the wind was going to be wrong for me to hunt the stand I wanted to, but they kept backing up the time when it was going to change directions to when it was going to be right, and when I got down to the farm Saturday morning I had a good wind, so I climbed into the stand I had been wanting to. Had 2 does come in but that was it.

Got down around 11:00 and went around and changed all of the cards in the cameras. Back up in the stand around 1:30 and sat until dark. Had 2 does come back in and that was it.

Got back home around 10:45, checked the weather and saw that they were calling for rain Sunday morning, so as I took a shower I had the pictures downloading off of one of the cards in particular to see if there had been any recent does there in the mornings. The wind was going to be right to hunt that pop-up blind (where I was planning on) and the stand I had hunted the previous day, but I didn't want to hunt that one 2 days in a row.

It had just gotten good light to shoot when I had 3 does come in yesterday morning. 2 came in and gave me 24 yard shots but there was a bigger one hanging back. I kept waiting for her to come on in a little closer but she never would. I finally said the heck with it and ranged her at 32 yards and just as I was getting ready to drop the hammer on her she started walking and never stopped. Moved over to this one and laid the smackdown on her.

As the crow flies, she only went about 70 yds. Total she probably covered 120-150 yds in a big wide arc. Between the rain and wet ground though, I never did find any blood hardly. I just had confidence in the shot and that the Swhacker's would do their job. They did. I found her just as she was heading down the hill. One of the easiest recoveries I've had. I drove the 4 wheeler right up to her.

I've got 5 main stand locations down there. 4 of the 5 I've been seeing some decent bucks at. This was the one place I've only been seeing does and small bucks, that's why I figured it wouldn't hurt to go ahead and pop a doe this weekend. Besides, a feller's gotta eat, right?

that is some of the best eating venison you can get, there is just not as much meat as a big one so you need to shoot 2 of them

[Masboy]

Congrats! I,ll take a young one to eat any day over an old one!

[awshucks]

Yummmm!! Congrat's buddy!

[sumner4991]

Congrats!

[wackafew]

Nice doe.

[pinshooter]

Nice kill! I like to put holes through doe's myself

[jody5252]

fill the freezer first. is my motto. congrats!

[VixChix]

WAY TO GO!!!!!!

It's no Elliot, but it'll fill the freezer and give you something to go on while you chase the big boy!

CONGRATS!!!

So nice to see the season starting up and harvest pics hitting the forum!

[DuckHunt]

Thats a nice looking doe. Congrats.

[frisky]

Congrats

[Cryon]

Congrats on the fine doe!
Sometimes you just have to go with your Gut literally haha.

[Big58cal]

Sometimes you just have to go with your Gut literally haha.

Yep, and mine was grumbling for some "sloppy doe" sammiches!

Thanks again folks!

Been trying to get through the memory card from that camera location, deleting the blanks, coons, etc. As I've been looking at the pictures I've been wondering which one was the doe I shot. I'll eventually figure out exactly which one she was. I know I will this next week when I pull the card because it will have at least the before and after of when I shot on there.