First deer of the year

[50bowhunter]

It’s been a rough season for me so far, limited time and maximum bad luck have plagued me since the beginning of archery. This evening looked to be more of the same as we pulled into the property and found the area I intended to hunt flooded from overnight rain. I went to my second choice of a ground blind in a hay field. About 25 minuets before dark I spotted a deer across the field, 300 yards away. I confirmed with the binoculars that it was a small buck. I watched the buck feed and it dropped into a depression out of sight. As light faded I grabbed my grunt call in attempt to get him across the field a little quicker. A couple minutes later I caught movement to my left and saw another buck almost in my lap. I stretched the muzzleloader out with a 21 yard shot and he didn’t take another step. T/C triumph, .452/300gr XTP, crush rib sabot, 110 gr of 777. He turned out to be a little 5x2, with a small kicker off his base. Thankful to have some meat in the freezer.

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[MrTom]

Re: First deer of the year

Good eater there. Congrats on the take.

Its rained every day of our season thus far. We began on Saturday and the rain started mid-afternoon. Yesterday we had over 2" in what was a day long drip. It was raining right off at 5 this morning so I held off after seeing a clearing coming about 9 and left right when it began to let up, but was off the hunt by 12:30 again as another round moved in and its still raining from it. The forecast suggests it'll still be raining when I should be leaving before daylight, so I'll go vote then see what the weather is going to do.

 

[JStanley]

Re: First deer of the year

Congrats! I like the smile on your partner there.

 

[twild]

Re: First deer of the year

Congrats

 

[BuckDoeHunter]

Re: First deer of the year

Congrats!

 

[FredB]

Re: First deer of the year

Made even more special with a hunting partner like that, I'm sure. Good on ya.