Got in the woods at daylight on Wednesday morning. I was about twelve feet up a little spruce pine tree overlooking a five way trail intersection underneath a white oak tree that was steadily dropping acorns. This was the fourth time I had hunted this spot and I had seen multiple deer each time. The stand overlooks a creek bottom and one of the main deer trails came between the bluff and my stand, a natural choke point. I had this doe and three others within twelve yards of me for about twenty minutes. I had to wait for a perfect moment to draw, while all of them were feeding or had their heads behind trees.... The shot was about ten yards. She kicked a little and made a run. I knew that I had hit her good. Saw NO blood for 150 yards or so. I found one drop which was dark red heart blood after almost forty five minutes of tracking. I continued on another hundred yards or so and found her. I used my fifty lb white oak D bow, cane arrow and one of Stringman's chert points. I haven't found my arrow yet. Entry wound was a little low and it passed through and came out the bottom between the front legs. It warmed up quickly so I had to get her dressed out and cooled off quick. Sorry for the poor pics, I am my own photographer and was miles from anyone. She was big for our area, over a 100 lbs and is now in my freezer. Very thankful to the Creator for a fine beginning of this season.
