Syndication23 Jan 2009
Beyond My Backyard
With Both Feet Off The Ground.
Posts sent on: 2001-01-01
First Buck Killed This Year
I was sitting in my treestand, I got there at about 6:15 in the morning so it was still dark. I was there about 5 minutes and it started raining. I stayed in my stand because the rain was not bothering me. My Uncle told me that most of the deer he sees from that stand come from the left or right in front of him. So I payed most of my attention to those directions. At 7:30 the feeder kicked off. It was bright enough by then that I could shoot. About 10 minutes passed and I was still paying attention to the two directions. For some reason I decided to turn to my right and sure enough a spike was standing under the feeder about 30 yards away staring me down. I tried to stay calm as it went back to feeding. I eased my gun toward the deer. It kept looking behind it so I figured it was a doe or something. It was facing straight toward me not allowing me a broadside shot. It put its head back to the ground giving me a clear shot at its head. I contemplated about shooting the deer in the head and decided I was going to take the shot. It looked back one last time as I cocked my gun. When I did that the deer acted startled as it looked at me. I knew it saw me but just didn't act like it cared. He put his head back down to eat so I put the cross arrows on its forehead and pulled the trigger. It was such a hard impact the the deer flipped backward. That was my first kill of the season.
02 Jan 2009