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First selfbow kill
Postman:
Setup sitting against a 3 trunk tree covered in briers Monday on the edge of a giant thicket near a grove of white and chestnut oaks Had a group of 4 does come in, of course the yearling made a beeline for me as they always seem to do. Thankfully it stopped behind a tree as the biggest doe moved into my shooting lane at 17 yards. rose up a bit from my sitting position and let loose . Barely caught the back of the shoulder blade, but the w woodsman point still went thru the top edge of one lung, and lodge midbdy out the other side. Deer plows into the nasty "superthicket" we all hate in our area. Steep sided creekbottom with blowdowns an d deadfalls everywhere.
8:15 - begin to track after waiting 30 min. 915. hands and knees, blood spots here and there. lots of 15 minute hangups circling for new blood. Drop maglite, bulb shorts out after about 100 yards, crawl back out of thicket. Walk home, get new flashlight. 11: 30- back in buisness, quickly loose trail. About 1: 30. Finally find blood in "tunnel' in thicket i never knew existed. Huge piles of bear poop everwhere.(I'll be back in 2 weeks ;D) Trail veers off into the stream portion of thicket. Did she cross? no idea. circle, slip, curse, repeat. Find her underneath deadfall i crossed earlier around 2:30.
it's 47 degreess out. gotta get her back asap. drag her through thicket and blowdowns to powerline right of way and back home. take pics, clean her up and start skinnin'
6:00 last meat goes into cooler with iced saltwater (Thanks el destructo - great idear). *drain the water freqquently
7:00 get kids in car, go to work and teach high school on no sleep, talk smack to wheelie shooting students.
This morning - wife helps me get out of bed and dress myself. Lower back on strike with no breakthrough in negotiations expected soon. Students talk smack.
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El Destructo:
That's about the way all my Hunt go also.....don't know what I would do if one went well... :P....great end to an awesome story....and I'm had I was of some assistance also...
leapingbare:
Wooo long night!
Dang thats a big girl! way to go!!
Key:
Good job and nice doe. Congrats.
The Singing Bowyer:
A LOT of meat and supplies lying there! Congrats on your first...no turning back now!! ;)
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