Friday, September 30, 2011
Fastest post ever!
I left early today to hit the woods. It is supposed to rain all weekend and I want to get out. It's been hot and buggy but the weather is supposed to change this weekend. I'm looking forward to it but it is starting to get windy. I decided to go up to the tower and try it out. I got to the woods and started in. I had an idea where I wanted to go and I headed out. I made my way to a tree, meandering around looking for the right one. I hooked my stand onto the tree, tied my bow to the haul line and before I climbed in I saw a doe 20 yards away! She looked at me and then kept feeding. The rule is that you have to be in an elevated stand so I couldn't shoot her from the ground. I knew she wouldn't hang around but I got into my stand...she didn't move? I started to climb, slowly...each time she looked at me I stopped. I managed to get about 10 or so feet up and started to haul my bow up. She kept feeding. I got the bow and nocked an arrow. She started to walk towards me. I didn't have my face mask or gloves even on yet! As she got between me and my tree I drew back. She stepped out at 15 yards away. I made a noise...she stopped. I held a little low and let the arrow fly. She took off running and at 60 yards, I saw her crash. I waited 30 minutes and got down. I looked at my arrow and it had nice blood...there were spots of blood on the ground but not a lot. When I got to her, I saw the the shot was perfectly behind the left shoulder and into the right. I got my doe.
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