Title: Button Buck
NYDeer - November 5, 2009 06:23 PM (GMT)
I took this yesterday, but couldn't find him. Found him this morning..
I blew the big 6 opportunity at first light, so I said whatever comes in, I'm shooting..
When I first saw him , he was far, but quartering my direction.. He went out to the road, but a truck scared him & he ran back my way.. He came in, stopped about 18 yards,I shot. Deer didn't move! Then he bolted, circled around came back in to 30, but was acting as if he wasn't hit. I nocked another & sent it out, using the 30 pin.. Deer turns to leave, takes the arrow high in the hind hip! SH@@T! Now, he's doing the 3 leg shuffle away! I came down, packed up the stand. Started looking, how fast could he be? Gone! I started doing big arcs where he went, nothing.. Found the first arrow, it had a few whit hairs, a coating of fat & smelled BAD.. Gut shot..I started doing arcs, but nothing.. I was disgusted, and didn't go out yesterday afternoon cause I was really bent about it..
After I came down today, I decided to take a short walk top of the ridge.. I see my arrow sticking up, still in the deer! I couldn't believe it.. The first arrow sliced his belly open, but the internals weren't ruptured, just the skin & sack. The second hip arrow clipped a big artery & he bled out internally inside his leg..
Not pretty, but a kill is a kill..
To top it off, I had him on the trunk coming home.. A Connecticut plate minivan pulls alongside on Sunrise, and the passenger/woman is making a disgusting looking face at me.. I give a huge laughing smile & wave with my bloody hand! A perfect ending to the hunt!
I blew the big 6 opportunity at first light, so I said whatever comes in, I'm shooting..
When I first saw him , he was far, but quartering my direction.. He went out to the road, but a truck scared him & he ran back my way.. He came in, stopped about 18 yards,I shot. Deer didn't move! Then he bolted, circled around came back in to 30, but was acting as if he wasn't hit. I nocked another & sent it out, using the 30 pin.. Deer turns to leave, takes the arrow high in the hind hip! SH@@T! Now, he's doing the 3 leg shuffle away! I came down, packed up the stand. Started looking, how fast could he be? Gone! I started doing big arcs where he went, nothing.. Found the first arrow, it had a few whit hairs, a coating of fat & smelled BAD.. Gut shot..I started doing arcs, but nothing.. I was disgusted, and didn't go out yesterday afternoon cause I was really bent about it..
After I came down today, I decided to take a short walk top of the ridge.. I see my arrow sticking up, still in the deer! I couldn't believe it.. The first arrow sliced his belly open, but the internals weren't ruptured, just the skin & sack. The second hip arrow clipped a big artery & he bled out internally inside his leg..
Not pretty, but a kill is a kill..
To top it off, I had him on the trunk coming home.. A Connecticut plate minivan pulls alongside on Sunrise, and the passenger/woman is making a disgusting looking face at me.. I give a huge laughing smile & wave with my bloody hand! A perfect ending to the hunt!
YukonJack - November 6, 2009 06:46 AM (GMT)
Good job following up on it! And Great job pissing off that anti!! :D
Papo - November 6, 2009 02:47 PM (GMT)
Nice!
Eagle eye - November 8, 2009 03:13 AM (GMT)
Nice..
Airborneguy - November 8, 2009 04:15 AM (GMT)
Congrats!!! Wonder what ridge you're talking about... ;)
Buckwild - November 8, 2009 11:15 PM (GMT)
Good JOB!!
NYDeer - November 9, 2009 12:40 AM (GMT)
Thanks guys.. I really have had a good run this last week with the deer.. My first week of vacation I was laid up sick with fever so I was going nuts on 'wasting' a vacation week on the couch!
NYDeer - December 9, 2009 01:41 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Airborneguy @ Nov 7 2009, 11:15 PM) |
| Congrats!!! Wonder what ridge you're talking about... ;) |
Anytime you want to come out next year, I'll take ya, but you're probably closer to NJ & Sterling than here..
Airborneguy - December 9, 2009 10:12 PM (GMT)
I was referring to a certain former-member's "private land". I guess I was wrong... ;)