I feel your pain. Last second decision put me in my ole faithful stand this morn. Saw a great buck at a couple hundred yards. Going to different location this afternoon i see sign(backed up by visual of direction of travel) that he went right by 2 other spots i opted against this morning Go figure
hope that didn't reach the stomach!
A 30 year dream became reality for me today and I finally took a nice buck with a bow. This is my first archery whitetail as well as my first buck. He isn't the biggest on the farm, was one we considered a "maybe" from the trail cam pics but he came in so fast (chasing a doe) I took one look at his G2's and drew the bow. I made a rookie mistake and didn't stop him before I shot so I ended up hitting him back. Watching the video we couldn't tell if I had gotten a lung but there were small bubbles in the blood right where I hit him but they stopped showing up quickly. We lost blood twice while tracking him 2 hours after the shot but the third time we picked up the trail it was dark liver blood. He made it about 250 yards before laying down next to a log where he died. I couldn't be more excited!
I've got him sectioned up and chilling in a cooler and we're dropping the cape off to a taxidermist this afternoon.
Congrats! Good looking deer, that'll look plenty nice on the wall.A 30 year dream became reality for me today and I finally took a nice buck with a bow.
A 30 year dream became reality for me today and I finally took a nice buck with a bow. This is my first archery whitetail as well as my first buck. He isn't the biggest on the farm, was one we considered a "maybe" from the trail cam pics but he came in so fast (chasing a doe) I took one look at his G2's and drew the bow. I made a rookie mistake and didn't stop him before I shot so I ended up hitting him back. Watching the video we couldn't tell if I had gotten a lung but there were small bubbles in the blood right where I hit him but they stopped showing up quickly. We lost blood twice while tracking him 2 hours after the shot but the third time we picked up the trail it was dark liver blood. He made it about 250 yards before laying down next to a log where he died. I couldn't be more excited!
I've got him sectioned up and chilling in a cooler and we're dropping the cape off to a taxidermist this afternoon.
Thanks guys, I'm pretty pumped. Tenderloins are cut and ready to be cooked for dinner along with fried potatoes and a nice bourbon!