11-16-2005, 10:29 PM
today i was in my stand on state land at 6 am,very warm 60 degrees.at 7 am my buddy showed up an radioed me he was heading in.at the same time alot of shooting began up the hill from me,nothing came down ,all was quiet around 9 a large group of turkeys passed by,alot of large toms in there.the wind started to pick up makeing the tree sway,with the warm wind and gentle swaying of the tree i ended up doseing for a few min.then a doe came into veiw,watched her as she was browsing and came within 20 yds,from me.as i watched her i was going to let her go,then i started thinking about last year,i did the same thing and let the first one pass,BIG MISTAKE, i strugged the rest of the season only bagging one,so.. she turned broadside ,i shot,she took off,watching her i could see it was a good shot, then down she went,at the same time i was watching her run i spotted a buck hidden in the deadfall,never saw him before.i radioed my buddy to see if heseen anything,and explained what was going on,you only get one tag for state land,he said go for it.for tweenty min i watched this buck go down to the fallen doe and come back,paceing back and forth,every time he got into an openning he would run through it.finally something made him nervous,started heading my way,as he got to the same location the doe was at earlier i grunted,he stopped, i shot,he ran,i grunted again,he stopped,i shot,he went down,got back up and ran.i radiod my buddy he was on his way over,i saw him and told him that i wounded on and he was in his direction.i got out of my stand and met my buddy .while we were talking there he was,must have been laying down out of veiw,he started walking away from us staggering,then went down for good.the deer gods were good to me.he was a 3 pionter,yearling at 103lbs.the doe was a adult at 97lbs
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