Wednesday, October 29, 2008

1st deer taken this year, picture too

I went out hunting this afternoon. I took a spike buck. If that's all you want to know then don't need the long story...

First I went to my rock where I sit up high. I sat there for a while and didn't see anything but a loud flock of turkeys too far away to shoot at (not that I would shoot anything out of season...) Then I walked up to the skinny ridge and saw nothing as well. So I decided to head back up the pasture where the deer tend to graze in the evening. the excavator is parked up there beside the pasture, so I sit atop that and wait. As I approached the excavator, I saw two deer 120 yards  ahead to my right near the camper (for those of you who know where I am talking about) they saw me and scampered away. There ended up being six or seven, I just didn't see them until they scampered. After about 15 minutes, I see two does walking up the road from the towers, they approach very cautiously, still about 75 yards away. The one in front stares me down thinking something is not quite right. I am not moving a inch, almost not breathing because she is staring me down. After about 3-5 minutes f looking at me, she steps backward watching me as she trots away calling the other doe with her. I relax for about 15 more minutes and then I hear more scuffling in front of me in the woods( the woods are 40 yards away from me) after 5 minutes of listening to the leaves shuffle around, a nice looking spike buck appears in front of me about 2 o' clock. I have my bow drawn and ready as he is eating and doesn't notice me. He walks toward me with his head down, I don't have a shot until he turns to his right showing me his body. He turns. I shoot. I hit him as he was walking, so the shot hit him in the back part of his ribs and stomach. he flees and lays down just 10 yards into the woods. Just about the time Paul comes down the tower road from working on fence and I am able to haul the deer back to the house on the trailer. I get back to the house and the kids are happy. I will take him to the butcher tomorrow morning, as I have to work, and don't have to time to take care of it myself.
Pardon the blood and that's not a UFO above my head, it is the tractor...

3 comments:

Jake said...

Good job on the kill. That does look an UFO above your head.

Bucky said...

I killed a spike last Wednesday (the 22nd).

He just came walking right under my stand, stopped, looked at me, and turned his head the other way. That gave me a quick couple of seconds to pull back, and fling an arrow. The combination of him ducking as soon as he heard the bow "thunk" and me holding a little bit high, resulted in a spine shot directly above the shoulders.

He never took another step, but I had to climb down and use my knife to finish him.

Anonymous said...

My handsome son and his prize! Mom