Well , there's this pHyscO doe that comes out of the swamp and blows a half dozen times every evening whether there is anything there or not. I've been 500 yards upwind and she does it!!
So New Year's morn I slipped in a half hour early to where she comes out in the evenings. An hour goes by with nothing, it's ok because crops are a half mile away.
8:00 I see a deer thru the brush at edge of CRP, she is coming in same way I did. She checks the ground a few times, but no worries, whenshe gets to about 20 she turns to go south. Well this is the time, so I squat a little to clear a twig and shoot.
Looks high just behind shoulder. She blazes off into the bottomland on neighbor. Gets behind some trees and stops, coughs and I hear a crash but can't see her. Text bro and tell him, he is in a blind but texts his neighbor and finds out nobody in there and guy says sure go get it. It's great to stay in good with folks next door!!
I wait 20 and get down, arrow didn't blow thru,but fell out first jump (or she jumped while it was going thru lol ) arrow blood soaked, but not really bubbly.
So I track sparse blood for about a hundred , it is picking up toward the end, but not seeing her. She fishhooked at the end and ran her head under a downed tree.
Nice doe, weighed 115.5 dressed.
Thank you ,Lord.
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Good job, Kenny.
Congratulations Kenny! Your freezer ought to be in pretty good shape now!
great way to start the year
Way to go Kenny! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Great job Kenny, way to start 2024 off! :thumbsup:
Thanks for sharing.
Congratulations, very nice deer and shot.
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Very nice doe and great shot! Congratulations! :thumbsup:
Way to go Kenny! Happy New Year!
Those old does are good to get out of the way. Happy New Year.
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Congratulations Kenny ain't nothing better then "Shutting Up that Gossiper " .
Those type of does remind me of an Old Church lady who blabbed everyone's business lol... :clapper: :biglaugh:
Congrats! Nicely done.
Good start for 2024
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Out smarted the nanny in her own backyard. Good job!
Now you can go back to hunting w/o being disturbed.
Attaboy Kenny!
You're right, Kenny, good way to start the new year!
Very nice. Happy New Year!
That is a great start!
Congratulations!
Thanks guys , still after one more. Forecast is for 10" of snow Monday nite, so that may throw me off course a little. Good thing is, I'll be able to tell what trail they are using... :thumbsup:
Well done Kenny. I'm still trying to get my last tag filled for IL, but it's been slow going so far. Got until Sunday to get it done. May take a pretty chilly sit to get a shot though. Good luck for the last week of season.