October 20th at 5:00 p.m.
I was on my way home from Green Bay when I got a phone call from my Grandma Linda. She called to tell me that the farmer was in the field, taken down the corn. She said that I should get out there because he’s going to spook out the deer hiding in the field. After her phone call I got home and got dressed and out to my stand in 15 minutes. This was the fastest I've ever gotten ready! I walked out waved to the farmer in the tractor, because to get to my stand I walk the edge of the field. I wanted him to know I was out there hunting.
I sat in my stand at 3:30p.m. I watched the farmer do two laps around the corn field and then he left. This gave me the chance to see where deer cross the woods and enter into the corn field. Shortly after sitting I watched three does walk out of the woods and work the way in the clearing of the corn filed to my stand. As I watched does come closer to my stand they were so cautious of every sound they heard. They would stop ears tip up, they would look then continue to eat the corn and move along the field. As I watched the three does I picked the large doe as my target. As they came around the last corner to my stand the three does were eating and making their way closer. Then all of a sudden they all froze and looked into the woods. I hadn't heard anything but I was closely watching and listening. I saw movement then horns my heart instantly started racing! He raced out of the woods antlers down and had his eyes on my shooter doe. He came stomping in. He spooked off the two smaller does back into the woods. He stopped and would stomp his foot and the doe would stomp back. It was so intense watching them! He chased her so that they were both standing in rage right in front of me! I tried getting the bucks attention by whispering "psst" I tried three times getting louder each time nothing would make this determined buck stop. Finally after chasing I got a good shot at the buck.
However a branch that I had debated on removing, when putting up my stand, was in the way. I tippy toed it and tried to shoot missing the buck. I watched my arrow go clear over his back. Hearing the arrow he walked back in the woods not giving me another chance to knock another arrow and try again. I was glad to have missed rather than taking a bad shot, and taking a chance of not finding the decent size -six pointer-buck.
After shooting and missing the buck, the shooter doe just stood there watching the buck walk away. So I quick knocked another arrow, she took two steps I whispered "psst" she looked and just like that I watched my arrow go into the shooter doe! As soon as I saw where the arrow had hit I knew I made a good shot!
After shooting the doe my adrenaline was insane! I felt a needed to get out of my stand as soon as possible. So I climbed down and raced to my jeep to plug in my conveniently dead phone and call some family to come help me track and take care of the deer.
I was on my way home from Green Bay when I got a phone call from my Grandma Linda. She called to tell me that the farmer was in the field, taken down the corn. She said that I should get out there because he’s going to spook out the deer hiding in the field. After her phone call I got home and got dressed and out to my stand in 15 minutes. This was the fastest I've ever gotten ready! I walked out waved to the farmer in the tractor, because to get to my stand I walk the edge of the field. I wanted him to know I was out there hunting.
I sat in my stand at 3:30p.m. I watched the farmer do two laps around the corn field and then he left. This gave me the chance to see where deer cross the woods and enter into the corn field. Shortly after sitting I watched three does walk out of the woods and work the way in the clearing of the corn filed to my stand. As I watched does come closer to my stand they were so cautious of every sound they heard. They would stop ears tip up, they would look then continue to eat the corn and move along the field. As I watched the three does I picked the large doe as my target. As they came around the last corner to my stand the three does were eating and making their way closer. Then all of a sudden they all froze and looked into the woods. I hadn't heard anything but I was closely watching and listening. I saw movement then horns my heart instantly started racing! He raced out of the woods antlers down and had his eyes on my shooter doe. He came stomping in. He spooked off the two smaller does back into the woods. He stopped and would stomp his foot and the doe would stomp back. It was so intense watching them! He chased her so that they were both standing in rage right in front of me! I tried getting the bucks attention by whispering "psst" I tried three times getting louder each time nothing would make this determined buck stop. Finally after chasing I got a good shot at the buck.
However a branch that I had debated on removing, when putting up my stand, was in the way. I tippy toed it and tried to shoot missing the buck. I watched my arrow go clear over his back. Hearing the arrow he walked back in the woods not giving me another chance to knock another arrow and try again. I was glad to have missed rather than taking a bad shot, and taking a chance of not finding the decent size -six pointer-buck.
After shooting and missing the buck, the shooter doe just stood there watching the buck walk away. So I quick knocked another arrow, she took two steps I whispered "psst" she looked and just like that I watched my arrow go into the shooter doe! As soon as I saw where the arrow had hit I knew I made a good shot!
After shooting the doe my adrenaline was insane! I felt a needed to get out of my stand as soon as possible. So I climbed down and raced to my jeep to plug in my conveniently dead phone and call some family to come help me track and take care of the deer.
I had found both arrows while waiting on my younger brother and
his friends to come tracking. I had also worked my first blood trail. Not even
fifty yards away from my stand we found the doe. This was one of the greatest
moments, knowing that I made a successful shot and a successful hunt! I can’t
wait to go out again and hopefully have the same luck and get a
buck!
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