Saturday, December 3, 2011

2011 Archery Deer





I shot this deer on Friday, November 25 2011. It was just getting light enough to see and thats when I looked on the hillside to the west of me and saw a buck skyline the crest othe hill. I grunted at him and a few seconds later I hear something crashing thru the grass to the South. I heard a deer grunt and noticed a different deer trotting right to me. There was just enough light to see my pins and noticed that this deer had a decent frame on him and that was all it took to prompt me that he was a shooter! He came right in front of me and then I went "meeeh!" and he stopped and turned at a slight angle 25 yards away, and then I let the arrow fly. I could see I had good shot placement but the arrow did not pass thru. I watched him trot away around the bend to where I could not see him any longer. I looked at my phone to see the time and it was 7:12 am. I then called my dad and texted my bro-n-law, Travis, and buddy Scott and my uncle Charlie who were all hunting different stands that morning. I told them that I hit a decent buck and was going to give it until 9:30 to look for him. The following are some pictures and a link for the recovery video: (Photos and video courtesy of Scott Schmidt)
http://youtu.be/83VScqvlOmA















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