Nice Doe Down

[robtattoo]

I managed to hang my tag on another Doe last night. I was sat in my Vertigo stand again (7' ladder stand) when this little lady came walking towards me across the neighbor's field. As soon as she entered the wood I readied myself for the shot. She made a left turn along the fenceline offering me a broadside shot at roughly 45yds.
I steadied Thumpy against the rail around my stand & centered the sight on her chest.
As the cloud of smoke cleared, I could see a small twig, vibrating like crazy, but no deer.
Hmmmm....

I reloaded (just in case) & climbed down from my stand to see what was going on. I figured one of 3 things; I missed & she'd run off, I made a poor a poor shot & I'd have some trailing to do in the dark or I'd made a great shot & she'd dropped on the spot.

I got over to the bush & there she was. It turned out that I must've clipped the little branch & the ball deflected. I missed the heart/lung shot I was aiming for but the ball entered her neck, exactly where I'd want to make a neck shot with a centerfire. The ball had severed her spine & she died instantly.

 

[Roy]

:thumbsup: Congrats!

 

[silly goose]

Nice job, I'm hoping to get one just like her in the next week, maybe two, but would be quite happy with one.

 

[ny griz]

:hatsoff: :thumbsup: :applause: Griz

 

[BillinOregon]

Perfectamundo! Venison shepherd's pie for breakfast?

 

[rabjr]

Grats! :thumbsup:

 

[hellerodsyahoo.com]

Good job-- take em any old way you can and have a deer roast this Christmas... Leebone

 

[chance]

Congrats and good eating!!

 

Good shootin'! I bagged a nice doe last week myself with the GPR .54.

 

[Skychief]

:applause:

 

[roundball]

Good deal !
:hatsoff:

 

[Trench]

Well, Luck be a Lady! Glad to hear that twig steered that ball in to her neck! :thumbsup:

 

[wattlebuster]

Congrats on gettin er done volunteer style :thumbsup:

 

[Spikebuck]

Glad your shot hit a good spot after a deflection. Sometimes we just can't see some of those nasty twigs that can get in the way no matter how hard we try. Looks like a fine doe. Congrats!

 

[larry wv]

Good job. :thumbsup:Might be a reason for a double ball load. The way my luck runs both balls would hit the twig. Once again :thumbsup: Larry

 

[Jheller]

Nice deer

 

[Little Wattsy]

Very Nice!!

 

[smo]

Way to go :thumbsup: We got to get'em while we can seasons closing way to fast :shake:

 

[RC]

:hatsoff: Attaboy!! dun good!

 

[smoothy]

Yepper, you've go a good season going.