Nice shooting Drew and beautiful photo sir!
Boy those battle axes leave a hole
Is that a pipe and tobacco pouch? looks really cool!

Good deal Drew......

Thanks Guys , yes the pipe was made for me by a friend and the tobacco was given to me from another friend.

Good job Andy.

Did you sprinkle a little tobacco on the deer and say a prayer of thanks?  I used to do that when I carried tobacco.  Now I shave a bit of chocolate candy bar.   

well done drew! 

I like that a lot! Special gear... 

beautiful doe-- congrats Drew--I'm sure there is a story to tell.......

Congrats again Drew on the two fine deer

Congrats Drew! Nice deer

Congrats Drew, nice shooting!

Thanks everyone , I did take another doe on opening day as well but didn't get a very good pic. I do say a prayer of thanks to the animal and the four winds , leaving some special tobacco behind.
Susan : I was hunting the swamp stand I moved into a big oak this year after a move last year that left me wanting to be a little more down the fence line. I have a camera there and had taken the card into the stand to check before daylight. I found all the pics where before 9:30 a.m. or in the evening so the plan was to hunt till 9:30. I heard some splashing coming from the end of the swamp and knew they where on the way and kept an eye out that way. I watched as the fog rolled in and a nice doe appeared from the fog followed by a smaller one then a medium doe and finally a small buck. Now I'm not one to let a chance slip by but though she was under ten yards and had no idea I was there for about five minutes turning and giving me many shots i just didn't feel it at that moment and let her walk away. Now I am busy watching skweeeerls and such thinking it's almost time to leave and here she comes running back in . I am caught off guard and the shock sent me right into shoot mode without a second thought . I waited until she was broad side @ ten yards and started to draw but she caught me but wasn't scared just looked up then went back to normal , it's now game on . I let her move left a little more and start to draw again and she catches me once more but isn't really spooked. Now she is within 10 yds so its close and the oak i'm in is huge so she can't really make out what that big skweeeerl is doing . I let her move left more and as her head goes behind a 6 inch tree I start my draw again very slow and see her looking around the tree at me but continue to draw as she takes a couple half steps back. She still has no idea what is going on and I make it to full draw as she is standing still slightly quartering away and I release and at the hit I knew she was all in , no question . The trail was short and easy to follow maybe 40 yds and then the work begins but I'm smilling the rest of the day. Thanks for listening. Drew

Congrats Drew, way go go ! 

  Way to go Drew.

Drew-- your story  captures well the surprises deer present to us in the moments we hunt them -- fun!  Makes me smile! 

Thanks again
Susan : That's what it is about , beating them at there game up close 

...and being able to get a good laugh out of it when they win!

Had a couple close encounters today including giving a doe a nice shave this morning 

I was finally able to get out on Thurs and two nice doe offered up a tempting shot. I picked the bigger doe and the shot looked perfect. However, when I got the arrow it had almost no blood on it and smelled like gut. I backed out and went back in the AM. There was virtually zero blood, but I knew the woods and after a random search, I found her after about 80 yards. The cavity was full of blood. Looks like liver and lung. She will be fantastic table fare. You can see the exit hole in the photo. The entry was a bit higher. Deer are tough!

Congrats Terry.

It was WINDY hereabouts today.  20 mph with gusts.  I stuck it out hoping it would calm down around sunset.  No luck.  I didn't see nuttin. 

Congratulations terry