(Mods, I hope this is ok to post here, I wasn't sure which place to post it)
Got to spend a couple of days at Bowhunters Paradise last week and the whitetails are already sparring and chasing does!
I was sitting behind some bushes watching some little bucks chase a couple of old does around and around for about an hour. Two of them started fighting a bit so I decided to get the rattle bag out of my pack and tickled it a time or two. I saw a pretty nice 8 pt come out along the fenceline and he was walking my way...
Then from behind him came a nice 10 pt with an awesome set of browtines.....this deer wasn't all that wide, but my hunting time was limited so I decided if he offered me a shot I would take it.
I realized that he was coming straight towards my position behind these little bushes and here I was sitting in my collapsible WalMart chair and there was no way I was going to be able to draw my bow without him seeing it. At about 35 yards he walked behind some trees so I eased out of my chair and got onto my knees, drew my Vectrix and waited....and waited....for what seemed like hours, but was probably only 20 or 30 seconds
he was still coming head on towards me and I still didn't have a shot. FINALLY, he turned just enough that I was able to get a decent quartering towards/almost broadside shot at about 12 yards.... he went about 30 yards after the shot, stood still for a minute, then kinda staggered another 5 or 10 yards and laid down under a tree....and was down.....
Don't know what he scored, will probalby be 130+ and he weighed 195 pounds and they aged him at 5 1/2 yrs old.
It was a great hunt with a great bunch of guys from Hawaii and Iowa that I had never met before except online. Jim from BP is a great host and guide and I sure hope to get back there sometime to chase an axis or red stag!
Here are the other fellars..
Thanks for letting me share with you!! Danny
Rattled up a nice 10 pt
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