Last Friday, I was in my stand at sun-up. A doe and her button buck yearling came in to the feeder after about 20 minutes. Shortly thereafter, I heard grunting coming from my left and this buck appeared. I've never heard a deer grunting so much. The doe heard him coming and jumped out of the feeder fence. He pursued her for a little ways, but she wanted nothing to do with him, and ran off. Poor guy! (Can anyone relate?) So, he came back to the feeder to inspect the apples I had dropped under the feeder before getting into the stand. He didn't like the smell and started to walk away. Before he could jump out of the pen, I did a little, "Mah." (How do you spell that?) That was just enough to get him to stop long enough for me to shoot. He was severely quartering away from me and, although I hit him right behind the shoulder, it was too far forward for the angle. So, I only hit the right lung.
An hour later, I started following the blood trail. There was blood everywhere! (Slick Tricks) Nevertheless, this deer went about a mile before going down. I couldn't believe he went that far losing as much blood as he did.
He's got good mass, but no brow tine on his right and a very short one on his left. Still, I've never seen anything like this on our place and was very pleased.
The only camera I had was my iPhone. Ever see a deer with an antler growing out of its chin like that?
An hour later, I started following the blood trail. There was blood everywhere! (Slick Tricks) Nevertheless, this deer went about a mile before going down. I couldn't believe he went that far losing as much blood as he did.
He's got good mass, but no brow tine on his right and a very short one on his left. Still, I've never seen anything like this on our place and was very pleased.
The only camera I had was my iPhone. Ever see a deer with an antler growing out of its chin like that?
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