Well season opened here in South MS Monday.  Yesterday afternoon found me sitting over a hot water oak tree in the swamp on our place.  At 5:00 a doe and a cowhorn in velvet pop out of a trail in front of me and start heading towards the tree.  The doe is extremely jumpy and I only have a small window to shoot her.  She comes down a trail at about 14 yards and I decide my best bet is to shoot her while I'm sitting down and while she's walking.  I let the arrow go and immediately felt I didn't lead her enough.

Sure enough, the arrow hits her quite a bit back and my heart drops.  She bolts off and then does the hunkered up trot they do when they're gut shot.  I watch her for about 60 yards and then she jumps into a thicket.  I didn't get a complete pass through, but I could see the arrow almost completely through her on the other side.  Only the feathers were still in her.  Luckily, the weather was cool enough that I knew I could let her lay without the meat spoiling so I didn't go back until this morning.

The blood trail was sparse at first, but the amount of bushes made tracking easier because she was rubbing on quite a few.  After about 15 minutes I found her dead as can be.  I was so thankful to find her after a terrible shot on my end.  She only made it about 100 yards.  After cleaning her, I think she expired pretty quickly and I hit some liver but you can never be too careful in my opinion.  I'm not saying I wouldn't have found her shooting another head, but the old 2 incher really saved my butt this time I believe.  Fresh backstraps!

Glad it worked out for ya!

And congrats!!!

Bisch

Glad you got her , I do love them Sharks....

,,Sam,,

Attaboy - another shark fan here
Tim B

Congrats...

Nice doe and a bigger hole certainly never hurts.

Good hunting. I have zero doubt that the bigger hole and more blood on the ground helps. Congratulations.

Love a wide cut.  Congratulations!

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We use sharks and we love water oaks too. Looks like you have that bow QUIET!
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Congrats

I had great success with the tree sharks

Congrats gotta love them sharks

I lovem too.  congratts to.

Those are the next heads I'll get. Your land on the Pascagoula Swamp? Congrats

Great follow up to a heart breaking start.  You made me smile by showing the photo, sharing the story, and admitting to a less-than-perfect shot.  There are some people I know that would never admit to your story. Congrats to you!  Be proud of this hunt.  Thanks for sharing.

I've got some tree sharks that I've been wanting to try but was concerned about penetration since I'm only shooting 48# at my draw length so I went with tigersharks. What poundage are you guys shooting that have used the tree sharks and getting complete pass-thrus?

1/4 away....I'm shooting either my 55# Griz or my 50# kodiak.  I've killed 3 deer w sharks this year and one blew completely through and the other 2 burried the fletches and fell out as they ran off.  I also love the tigersharks but bigger is funner haha
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Tim B

4 broke ribs and a pass through
Tim B

Congrats

Sharks bite Bad juju! Congrats