Last night was the night....I still can't beleive it happened. After several does showed up first, I was watching as the first buck that came by was a young forkhorn.....he screwed around for a while, and I kinda lost interest in watching him, so I started concentrating on trying to do something about keeping my hands warm (man it was cold yesterday afternoon, even in the Double Bull)......
So anyways, I'm not even watching anymore, when I hear the crunch of leaves coming from the other direction......I'm not even excited, just figured it was either another young forky or maybe one of the 4x4s I have been seeing..........then the young fork horn tucked his tale and made a quick exit.......I knew something was up then, but the deer was hidden behind some trees, so I couldn't see him yet.........and of course, I'm still not really paying attention.......the next time I looked up, it didn't even dawn on me yet until I quickly did a double take and grabbed my binos in a swift motion to verify......my goodness, it was him......
I can't remember much of the shot, except it seemed like I was making tons of noise as I reached for the bow , raised and drew back on him.......thankfully it was only a 20 yard shot, cause undoubtedly I would have missed at further ranges the way I was shaking.......perfect boiler room shot, and he still made it about 70 yards.
I let him sit for about a half hour, and by then I remembered I had to hoof it back to my truck to get my knives, and it was getting dark quick.......and forgetting a flashlight is not cool either.......man did I butcher that gut job....litterally.......I ended up with a mess.....not pretty, but got the job done........and of course I had no water with either cause I never even expected to actually shoot a deer tonight.......
Then I plan the easiest route for dragging, turns out there really isn't one........and like I said, it is dark......but when I finally slid him up to the truck, I still wanted to get a couple of field photos......I get him posed by the back of the truck, with the cargo light on....and the battery in my camera is dead !!! So I load him up, come home....charge my camera battery for about a 1/2 hour........then headed out with him to a nearby creek bottom, unloaded him and took a few photos, so I would at least have that much.........
So anywho, here are the pics.....not the best, but the best I could muster under the circumstances.......Clay
So anyways, I'm not even watching anymore, when I hear the crunch of leaves coming from the other direction......I'm not even excited, just figured it was either another young forky or maybe one of the 4x4s I have been seeing..........then the young fork horn tucked his tale and made a quick exit.......I knew something was up then, but the deer was hidden behind some trees, so I couldn't see him yet.........and of course, I'm still not really paying attention.......the next time I looked up, it didn't even dawn on me yet until I quickly did a double take and grabbed my binos in a swift motion to verify......my goodness, it was him......
I can't remember much of the shot, except it seemed like I was making tons of noise as I reached for the bow , raised and drew back on him.......thankfully it was only a 20 yard shot, cause undoubtedly I would have missed at further ranges the way I was shaking.......perfect boiler room shot, and he still made it about 70 yards.
I let him sit for about a half hour, and by then I remembered I had to hoof it back to my truck to get my knives, and it was getting dark quick.......and forgetting a flashlight is not cool either.......man did I butcher that gut job....litterally.......I ended up with a mess.....not pretty, but got the job done........and of course I had no water with either cause I never even expected to actually shoot a deer tonight.......
Then I plan the easiest route for dragging, turns out there really isn't one........and like I said, it is dark......but when I finally slid him up to the truck, I still wanted to get a couple of field photos......I get him posed by the back of the truck, with the cargo light on....and the battery in my camera is dead !!! So I load him up, come home....charge my camera battery for about a 1/2 hour........then headed out with him to a nearby creek bottom, unloaded him and took a few photos, so I would at least have that much.........
So anywho, here are the pics.....not the best, but the best I could muster under the circumstances.......Clay
