The guys on the lease called this deer Old Fart. He has been around the three years I have been on the lease and seemed old when we first saw him. This year our lease manager decided he needed to go. I took my wife to hunt him two weeks ago and unfortunately the only time she saw him, it was too dark to shoot.
This past weekend I headed down to the lease and the wind was right for the stand he and another cull buck were frequenting. The other cull is called Tiger Stripe and I saw him on each of my first two sits but could not get a good shot. This morning he came in again with several other bucks and does. I was trying to get ready to shoot when Old Fart jumped into the pen and all the other deer cowered out of his way.
I changed gears and set my sights on the new and bigger deer. He turned broadside and I slowly drew while trying to keep track of all the eyes around him. As I moved the pin on his chest, he turned quartering away. I adjusted my aim and released. I don't know if he moved or I just hit further back than I had aimed but I was worried about the shot as he stumbled out of the pen.
I waited an hour and a half for Bruce (Archery1st) to finish his hunt and together we took up the trail. We did not find any blood but I thought I had heard him crash a little while after the shot. I walked to the area where I thought I had heard him and he was down for the count after a 60 yard dash. The arrow had indeed ended up further back than I thought but caught the liver, a lung and the heart as it went up the chest cavity.
The old guy weighed 214 lbs on the hoof and scored 132.
Thanks for following along.
Steve
This past weekend I headed down to the lease and the wind was right for the stand he and another cull buck were frequenting. The other cull is called Tiger Stripe and I saw him on each of my first two sits but could not get a good shot. This morning he came in again with several other bucks and does. I was trying to get ready to shoot when Old Fart jumped into the pen and all the other deer cowered out of his way.
I changed gears and set my sights on the new and bigger deer. He turned broadside and I slowly drew while trying to keep track of all the eyes around him. As I moved the pin on his chest, he turned quartering away. I adjusted my aim and released. I don't know if he moved or I just hit further back than I had aimed but I was worried about the shot as he stumbled out of the pen.
I waited an hour and a half for Bruce (Archery1st) to finish his hunt and together we took up the trail. We did not find any blood but I thought I had heard him crash a little while after the shot. I walked to the area where I thought I had heard him and he was down for the count after a 60 yard dash. The arrow had indeed ended up further back than I thought but caught the liver, a lung and the heart as it went up the chest cavity.
The old guy weighed 214 lbs on the hoof and scored 132.
Thanks for following along.
Steve
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