With these awesome temps and about a weeks worth of winter bow season left I decided to dust off the bow and head out to do some hunting.
I set up on a small ravine with lots of sign and tracts cutting across it, at about 5:30 this young deer came limping up the ravine slowly making its way towards me.
I could see that it was quite lame and decided if it gave me the right shot I would put it down.
It got to about 30 yards in front of me then a fox started with it's mating hollow/yelps, and I guess because it was already lame that put it on edge.
The fox was behind me somewhere and that kept this deer looking towards me for almost 20 minutes. I was figuring it would never turn broadside before it gets dark. Then finally the fox shut up long enough for the deer to turn to head back down where it came from. With a quick MAAA it stopped at 20 yards and I drilled it.
It went about 60 yards and crashed making a Happy Bloody Valentine's Day.
My Cherry Slushy
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My Bloody Valentine Deer
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Looks like it’s leg was severely damaged just above the hoof, I wonder if this extremely bad cut was from sharp ice ?
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I set up on a small ravine with lots of sign and tracts cutting across it, at about 5:30 this young deer came limping up the ravine slowly making its way towards me.
I could see that it was quite lame and decided if it gave me the right shot I would put it down.
It got to about 30 yards in front of me then a fox started with it's mating hollow/yelps, and I guess because it was already lame that put it on edge.
The fox was behind me somewhere and that kept this deer looking towards me for almost 20 minutes. I was figuring it would never turn broadside before it gets dark. Then finally the fox shut up long enough for the deer to turn to head back down where it came from. With a quick MAAA it stopped at 20 yards and I drilled it.
It went about 60 yards and crashed making a Happy Bloody Valentine's Day.
My Cherry Slushy
My Bloody Valentine Deer
Looks like it’s leg was severely damaged just above the hoof, I wonder if this extremely bad cut was from sharp ice ?
