T Bone
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Killed my ram on Tuesday.
Got home today. Tonight I had the good fortune of an easy archery deer in my own back yard. He's my second whitetail and my best so far. Here's the story.
I sat on my back porch and watched 25 deer stage in the trees on the edge of my property for their nightly migration to the pastures. All does, fawns and dink bucks. Then, I saw mr big buck come sneaking down from the timber. I'd seen this buck last week for the 1st time. I was hoping he was still around. I let Jennifer know the big buck was coming and she grabbed her camera and took pictures from the back porch.
I guessed he'd cross through near my back fence.....I put on a camo shirt, just cuz bowhunters are supposed to wear camo. Grabbed the bow and ran to my ground blind (a group of trees). Not 30 seconds later I see the heads of the first does poking along my way.
Here he is poking along about 100 yards from our porch. It's not hi fenced hunt..... The fence is to keep the deer safe from our 4 kids.
The deer cross too close in front of me, about 5 yards away. I am a shrub ninja. With a bald head. They don't spook. Big buck crosses, he doesn't spook. I wait until he passes by and at 10 yards start to draw. He spooks. He trots 30 yards and stops broadside to look at the bald shrub. I'm at full draw, pin him at 40 yards at touch off a Thunderhead. Smack! He runs about 50 yards, gets rubber legs and crashes. Holy smokes!
Out come the kids and wife to help with the trailing job and drag. What fun. What luck.
Another angle.
With a tracking posse like this, no deer is getting away.
And a picture with the lovely photographer.
I'll take an easy one occasionally....Tomorrow I take the 2 oldest boys antelope hunting. If the luck holds, the speed goats better take cover.
Got home today. Tonight I had the good fortune of an easy archery deer in my own back yard. He's my second whitetail and my best so far. Here's the story.
I sat on my back porch and watched 25 deer stage in the trees on the edge of my property for their nightly migration to the pastures. All does, fawns and dink bucks. Then, I saw mr big buck come sneaking down from the timber. I'd seen this buck last week for the 1st time. I was hoping he was still around. I let Jennifer know the big buck was coming and she grabbed her camera and took pictures from the back porch.
I guessed he'd cross through near my back fence.....I put on a camo shirt, just cuz bowhunters are supposed to wear camo. Grabbed the bow and ran to my ground blind (a group of trees). Not 30 seconds later I see the heads of the first does poking along my way.
Here he is poking along about 100 yards from our porch. It's not hi fenced hunt..... The fence is to keep the deer safe from our 4 kids.
The deer cross too close in front of me, about 5 yards away. I am a shrub ninja. With a bald head. They don't spook. Big buck crosses, he doesn't spook. I wait until he passes by and at 10 yards start to draw. He spooks. He trots 30 yards and stops broadside to look at the bald shrub. I'm at full draw, pin him at 40 yards at touch off a Thunderhead. Smack! He runs about 50 yards, gets rubber legs and crashes. Holy smokes!
Out come the kids and wife to help with the trailing job and drag. What fun. What luck.
Another angle.
With a tracking posse like this, no deer is getting away.
And a picture with the lovely photographer.
I'll take an easy one occasionally....Tomorrow I take the 2 oldest boys antelope hunting. If the luck holds, the speed goats better take cover.
