The morning was crisp and cool. We had a great wind and were set up in bottleneck between two highways in bucks county PA. My friend had seen a giant buck there the afternoon before. Hour after hour past with only a glimpse of a 2 doe at first light. I was running the camera and the only video I was getting was of a pond filling up with geese and ducks. But I was content. I was in my place enjoying the one thing that keeps me sane. At first I only thought I was going to get out until 12 in the afternoon as I had a lot of household duties that I had promised my wife I would work on yesterday. She sent me a text message and let me know if I wanted to hunt all day that would be fine with that and the chores could wait another day. She didn't have to tell me twice. At 12 oclock we moved to my favorite spot in Washington Crossing PA. It warmed up but I was confident we would see deer. First sign of movement was at 3 oclock and it wasn't
deer. It was turkeys. Archery season for turkeys is in and a archery license includes your choice of a gobbler or hen turkey. The turkeys we getting close and I gave my friend the nod that if the gobbler that was at 30 yards came in to 20 yards he would be getting a lethal injection. While watching the turkeys walk off intently I heard a crunch behind me and caught a glimpse of antler. I got excited it was a big body deer coming through the thicket. I whispered to my camera man. Buck in our lap turn slowly. The big bodied buck came in to shooting range but was not one that I wished to fill my PA tag this early in the season on. From 4:00 on the action was so heavy I couldn't even sit down. Groups of 5-7 doe were skirting us left and right but none of them oddly enough had bucks with them. Now it was 4:30 and starting to get dim. I had a nice doe come into 30 yards and gave pat the green light that I was gonna shoot. I missed over the does back. At this point I'm thinking this hunts over and I choked. I sent a few text messages to friends about being humbled by a big doe. At that very moment more deer were on their way in. I looked over to my camera man and told him my confidence was down and I wouldn't be taking a shot unless it was 20 yards or less. I waited for the big doe that I nicknamed earlier in the season Doezilla to step out and finally she did. The problem was that she stepped out right in front of another deer. I had to wait for several minutes until she cleared the other deer. I drew anchored aimed and shot. Things were different this time.
My arrow tipped with a 4 blade slick trick broad head sailed in one side out the other and drove into the deers front leg. This was the penetration I was missing after going back to fixed heads earlier this season. The doe bled out and expired within 40 yards. The funny thing was that when that deer got hit it looked like I hit it with a shot gun it actually almost got knocked right off it's feet. I looked to my camera man and he looked like something was wrong. He said Brian I didn't get the shot. I said what??? Your kidding right. He said no the tape ended a milisecond before you shot. I said that's okay we had a great day in the woods today. We filmed the recovery with a fresh tape. The ground at the point of impact was littered with blood. Even know I watched the deer drop I always like to see the blood trail. This trail looked like someone had poured paint from the point of impact to where the deer dropped. Meat in the freezer and Good times with a great friend. What more can you ask for? I need to go buy more PA doe tags now.
deer. It was turkeys. Archery season for turkeys is in and a archery license includes your choice of a gobbler or hen turkey. The turkeys we getting close and I gave my friend the nod that if the gobbler that was at 30 yards came in to 20 yards he would be getting a lethal injection. While watching the turkeys walk off intently I heard a crunch behind me and caught a glimpse of antler. I got excited it was a big body deer coming through the thicket. I whispered to my camera man. Buck in our lap turn slowly. The big bodied buck came in to shooting range but was not one that I wished to fill my PA tag this early in the season on. From 4:00 on the action was so heavy I couldn't even sit down. Groups of 5-7 doe were skirting us left and right but none of them oddly enough had bucks with them. Now it was 4:30 and starting to get dim. I had a nice doe come into 30 yards and gave pat the green light that I was gonna shoot. I missed over the does back. At this point I'm thinking this hunts over and I choked. I sent a few text messages to friends about being humbled by a big doe. At that very moment more deer were on their way in. I looked over to my camera man and told him my confidence was down and I wouldn't be taking a shot unless it was 20 yards or less. I waited for the big doe that I nicknamed earlier in the season Doezilla to step out and finally she did. The problem was that she stepped out right in front of another deer. I had to wait for several minutes until she cleared the other deer. I drew anchored aimed and shot. Things were different this time.
My arrow tipped with a 4 blade slick trick broad head sailed in one side out the other and drove into the deers front leg. This was the penetration I was missing after going back to fixed heads earlier this season. The doe bled out and expired within 40 yards. The funny thing was that when that deer got hit it looked like I hit it with a shot gun it actually almost got knocked right off it's feet. I looked to my camera man and he looked like something was wrong. He said Brian I didn't get the shot. I said what??? Your kidding right. He said no the tape ended a milisecond before you shot. I said that's okay we had a great day in the woods today. We filmed the recovery with a fresh tape. The ground at the point of impact was littered with blood. Even know I watched the deer drop I always like to see the blood trail. This trail looked like someone had poured paint from the point of impact to where the deer dropped. Meat in the freezer and Good times with a great friend. What more can you ask for? I need to go buy more PA doe tags now. 
