big congrats! nice addition to the freezer i'm sure......hope us md folks will be following your path to the freezer next week!
Thanks for all the comments guys. Here's the story (it's a bit long): Season opened Saturday but due to other commitments I couldn't get out til Monday morning. About two AM all hell broke loose....biggest thunderstorm I can remember recently. Hoped it would blow over but hung around til noon. I had an evening stand picked out so waited til then. Most of the summer I've watched a group of does come out into a field along a oak grove about 5:30 ish. A planned I was in my tree by 4. I didn't get the bottom platform of my climber adjusted quite right and was at slight angle. It was pretty muggy out and I had already sweated more than I had wanted so I thought I would just deal with it. About 30 minutes in I was beginning to second guess my self. ( 15 minutes later I didn't have to worry about it )A light rain had started to fall and it was hard to hear much with the noise.Some hickory nuts had been falling but I heard something a bit different. I slowly turn to see two fawns browsing almost right under my tree. Couldn't see the mom and didn't want to make too much movement and possibly be spotted so I hung tight watching to see if she would come out.Sure enough she stepped out into the field while the fawns were still hanging under my tree occasionally looking up at me it seemed. Frozen so not to spook them I'm watching the mother walking away. They finally decide to join her and at 20 yards I draw back and let her fly. After a loud thwack and a big kick, she runs off with about 10 inches of arrow sticking out After an awkward jump over a small fence and a mad dash down through the woods I heard her crash.The rain had started to pick up again so after about 30 minutes I got down to look for blood even though I was pretty sure I heard her go down. I found her piled up about 50 -60 yards down the hill. The 2 blade rage made a good size entry wound and stuck in her opposite shoulder.Got the wife to take some pics, dressed her out and got the tractor to pull her out of the woods and take her home. Thanks for reading !
