Its earn a buck time still here in Jersey..I needed to get a doe to make my regular license valid with a buck tag. I used my farmer tag on my buck last week,so anyway...
I have a little place that I feed deer, so I snuck in at 4:00 this afternoon and got my stand set. After battling with wanting to sweat as its 65 degrees here today,I finally got up in the tree and dressed and sprayed and settled.
About 4:30 I look down the feild to see a ton of deer just coming my way FAST!!!!! I lost count at 14 and they were still coming. First was a nice basket 7pt(was an 8),cruising with his buddy the 6. prior to harvesting the big buck last week I would have taken the 7 point in a second,but today I wasnt legal to shoot a buck,of course! Well they stopped and piled up around 40-50 yards out and more were coming. 3 finally got brave and headed for the trail under me to get to the feeders. Big mistake! I grabbed my bow and went to hook up my release and realized it was in my pocket...........
I got the thing out of my pocket somhow and managed to get it on and hooked and came to full draw to have the lead doe stop in my path. I did not want her,I wanted the smaller one behind her. What seemed like an hour was probly only 2 minuites or less , she finally stepped onto the trail and the others followed. 10 yards ,qtrd away, and tottally calm,she took one through the middle and knocked out the lungs. She spun around and jumped so freaken high,then only ran a few feet and just stopped and looked around. The outher deer were on alert but never ran. I sat there and watched her wobble and stagger sideways after a minuite.(again it seemed like an hour). Then she flipped her tail a few times and snorted and collapsed. Sat there a good hour after watchin the deer sniff her and walk by to get to the trail to the feeders. Deer is tagged and dropped at the butchers already.
Gotta love those Thunderheads...
Dave
I have a little place that I feed deer, so I snuck in at 4:00 this afternoon and got my stand set. After battling with wanting to sweat as its 65 degrees here today,I finally got up in the tree and dressed and sprayed and settled.
About 4:30 I look down the feild to see a ton of deer just coming my way FAST!!!!! I lost count at 14 and they were still coming. First was a nice basket 7pt(was an 8),cruising with his buddy the 6. prior to harvesting the big buck last week I would have taken the 7 point in a second,but today I wasnt legal to shoot a buck,of course! Well they stopped and piled up around 40-50 yards out and more were coming. 3 finally got brave and headed for the trail under me to get to the feeders. Big mistake! I grabbed my bow and went to hook up my release and realized it was in my pocket...........
I got the thing out of my pocket somhow and managed to get it on and hooked and came to full draw to have the lead doe stop in my path. I did not want her,I wanted the smaller one behind her. What seemed like an hour was probly only 2 minuites or less , she finally stepped onto the trail and the others followed. 10 yards ,qtrd away, and tottally calm,she took one through the middle and knocked out the lungs. She spun around and jumped so freaken high,then only ran a few feet and just stopped and looked around. The outher deer were on alert but never ran. I sat there and watched her wobble and stagger sideways after a minuite.(again it seemed like an hour). Then she flipped her tail a few times and snorted and collapsed. Sat there a good hour after watchin the deer sniff her and walk by to get to the trail to the feeders. Deer is tagged and dropped at the butchers already.
Gotta love those Thunderheads...
Dave