Went out last Wednesday night. Easy shot at a doe 17 yards. Draw settle my pin on her squeeze and I watch the arrow zip right across the top of her back, making what looked like a pretty big gash. She ran off about 50 yards or so and watched her walk around trying to figure out what the hell just happened. Kept an eye on her for about 15 minutes till she finally walked well into the thicket. After she was gone I sat till dark knowing it was not a fatal hit and not wanting to bump or scare her not knowing how close she was or if she had bedded just out of sight. Gave the area a few days to settle and began checking camera to find her coming through again gave a few days to get a pattern, and moved on her tonight. First two buttons came out and in the bushes I see a good doe as she approaches I noticed a light limp as she walked under my stand felt sick to my stomach seeing what had happened. I think a began to shake more than I did when I got my first deer close to 30 years ago. Waited for her to clear some trees and brush and when she was comfortable I drew on her at 17 yards almost in the exact foot steps she was one week and one hour ago. Settled my pin and squeezed everything seemed slow motion and this time saw nothing but blood pouring from her as she made her last attempt to get away. Only this time 35 yards was all she would cover. The wound looks BAD and it is and was but all it really did was slice through the skin and small amount of mussel . If it was us we would be near death but she managed a week with really no infection other than a little puss at the deepest point every thing else was drying up which made it look really bad. I am showing this cause sometimes things you can't explain happen. I honestly don't know what happened last week but was happy to see it end this week, she is now skinned and quartered in the fridge. I can shoot 12 rings all day and even shoot with my broadheads but the back yard and 3D course is different than the woods. If you hit one that is not mortally wounded don't just give up on it and move to the next one. We owe it to them.




