Today was one of the few days I have been able to get out and even though it was -6 with the windchill I knew the deer would be moving. Unfortunately I was not watching a bedding area as close as I should have been and two small bucks snuck up on me and started feeding at about 50 yds. We decided this year we weren't going to shoot any bucks smaller that a 3.5 year old and have passed quite a few. Unfortunately we haven't had any clear shots at old does that we wanted to take and the big guys seemed very nocturnal this year.
After passing the little guys I noticed a big deer about 100yds in the brush and got ready. She stepped out and looked right at me and bobbed her head, I knew what that meant and only had a clear shot from the neck up. The Apex/Star tip combo is pretty impressive accuracy wise and I took the shot. She ran off and there must have been another 6 deer at least including a small 6pt we keep passing up following her. When I went to look for blood she had only gone about 10yds and fell down a ravine. Kinda hard to get used to not having a big cloud of smoke to wait for to see through.
After passing the little guys I noticed a big deer about 100yds in the brush and got ready. She stepped out and looked right at me and bobbed her head, I knew what that meant and only had a clear shot from the neck up. The Apex/Star tip combo is pretty impressive accuracy wise and I took the shot. She ran off and there must have been another 6 deer at least including a small 6pt we keep passing up following her. When I went to look for blood she had only gone about 10yds and fell down a ravine. Kinda hard to get used to not having a big cloud of smoke to wait for to see through.
