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JUST PLAIN LUCKY..

Started by arrow30, October 11, 2018, 07:59:32 PM

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arrow30

I had planned on sitting in a different stand that I had just put up a few days earlier, but when I got there I noticed the trail didn't have any fresh tracks on it.   soooo,  change plans. not much buck sign in my little hunting spot, or just deer sign for that matter, tracks are very few .
so I went to a little clearing that I thought a deer might pass through, put up my stand and climbed in at about 4:30 the wind was back and forth, and I was pinching little bits of cotton and watching as they floated away. down and around they would go, actually had one float away then come back at me.



I was pretty sweaty still and the cool wind had me pretty cold, and sunset was getting close.
I figured nothing would show, and I was just waiting to get down and leave.
I had my bow hanging on one of those fold up easy hangers, great Idea if you don't put it right out in front of you. :knothead:
i was watching in all directions, my head was back and forth trying to catch any movment before anything go to close so i could stand up.
then i see a doe stick her head out of the thick honey suckle under a cedar tree.just behind that tree in the picture.

she looked in my direction, (i thought she picked me off already) but she continued on out in to the opening.

i lifted my bow off the hanger slow and easy and got my fingers on the string, shes moving steady right through the clearing , im drawing and following her (consentrate now)...$#@%^& ..my bow wont move!

its hungup on that hanger, so i look up to see how to move to get it unhung. its free..she looks right at me, i come to full draw , get on her and let go. the lighted nock shows the hit was not perfect. it happened all so fast..she dropped and spun and went through some nasty tangled vines and sticker bushes. ( she ran through the brambles and she ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldnt goooo!)

so i went around to the other side to see if i could find where she came out.

YUP, she came this way...she was only about 40-50 yards past that crash site. and about 30 yards from my truck. :biglaugh:





bear mike


fnshtr

Congrats! Love them Simmons! :thumbsup: :clapper:
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54" Java Man Elkheart 50@28
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goingoldskool

Always, I mean always shoot them when they're headed to the truck!!!!   :biglaugh:

Congratulations
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Trenton G.

Congrats! Those Simmons sure do make a big hole!

Homey88

Congrats to you! What a blood trail!

Possum Head

Good work bro! She's a darlin and that's a spectacular murder scene.

SAM E. STEPHENS

Lucky is a good thing , Well done sir...

,,Sam,,
HUNT OLD SCHOOL

Fletcher

Congrats!  Great start to the season.
Good judgement comes from experience.  Experience comes from bad judgement.

"The next best thing to playing and winning is playing and losing."

"An archer doesn't have to be a bowhunter, but a bowhunter should be an archer."

RedRidge

Sometimes it pays off to be luckier then good. Awesome picture of the tree, looks like that simmons really opened her up.
-Connor-
62" Fox High Sierra 48@28
Tanasi Longbow 47@28

durp

congrates !!! ya done good  :thumbsup:

Holm-Made

#11
You got that major artery the runs under the spine and feeds the back half of the deers body.  Nice job,  Chad

Friend

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ozy clint

my eyes widened when i saw the blood on the tree. :scared:
then i scrolled down and saw it was a simmons BH.

that explains the tree. :thumbsup:

congrats
Thick fog slowly lifts
Jagged peaks and hairy beast
Food for soul and body.

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doubleo

Congrats on the fine doe! They never run towards the truck when I shoot em!
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Rustic

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PICKNGRIN

Congrats!  A short drag is always a plus!

Tique

Congrats, nice deer. Those big Simmons sure do some real damage.
Untested ideas are not facts.

1/4 away

Do not follow where the path may lead.  Go, instead, where there is no path and leave a trail.

kadbow

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