Chad Gus
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As the title suggests, i took the Wisconsin archery season down to the last minute of the last day. The day started out with my step-daughter asking for money, so her and cousin could go get there nails done. After a long rambling dissertation about fiscal responsibility and budgeting her money, she went back to her room sulking and pouting. Well, after a couple minutes i sent her text, grab my wallet off the counter and bring it to me. Where i proceed to give her the 67$ i had in there, with the instructions, you best bring me home a Dr.Pepper. It gets to be around noon, so i might as well watch America's team play football, (the real one, not the self-proclaimed one). By the 4th quarter i figure i better start getting my shit together to go bowhunting, it's a balmy -2, so i grab an extra layer. I wake the wife up, cuz football puts her to sleep and tell her I'm heading out to go hunting. I head out to my uncle's land, it's just a little over a mile down the road. He's got a 4 acre bean field in the middle of his woods, and the neighbors just took there corn off 5 days ago. The deer have been bouncing back and forth between these two fields and i have a blind setup on the corner of my uncle's bean field. I get all tucked into my blind and check my phone to see what shooting hours are, 4:57 it tells me. Around 4, two nub bucks come and feed in front of me for about 15 minutes before the get nervous and take off. 20 minutes goes by and i see some deer off in the distance, headed my way, i get myself situated anticipating a potential shot. 6 does and fawns eventually make it to me and are feeding in front of me, i check my phone, 10 minutes to go, i hold off shooting, I'm gonna give it a few more minutes before i shoot a doe. A few minutes go by and i see another deer coming, this one is a buck, it's a spike, then another spike behind him, i watch for a bit, look at my phone 2 minutes to go. Now i clip my release on my string, just as soon as one of those does, gives me a shot in gonna take it, I'm starting to draw back when i hear some crunching in the snow behind me. I hold up, whatever it is, is starting to trot towards me, it passes by my blind at 10 feet, i glance up real quick, nice buck, i draw back, it clears the one tree in front of me and i shoot. 12 yards quartering away, arrow buries behind the last rib and he kicks and takes off into the neighbors. I sit there a second, text my wife i got one, then proceed to pack up my things and go look for blood, 100 or so yards later i find him. 
He's far from the biggest buck on our farm, but i was pumped to get him, especially after the fall I've had. Yes, the wife put her contact info as Best Person Ever. Yes, i wear an orange hat bowhunting, the deer, they just don't care about your hat color and i think it accentuates my complexion in pictures
He's far from the biggest buck on our farm, but i was pumped to get him, especially after the fall I've had. Yes, the wife put her contact info as Best Person Ever. Yes, i wear an orange hat bowhunting, the deer, they just don't care about your hat color and i think it accentuates my complexion in pictures
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