I went out bow hunting last night. It was a little breezy so it was hard to listen for movement with all of the leaves and nuts falling to the ground. About an hour before sundown a 6 pointer sneaks up on me. I stood up when he went behind a tree but he then changed directions on me and came literally right under me. I didn't have much cover to hide the drawback and he spooked when I did. He ran off about sixty yards. I grunted to him and he came back to me. This time he approached the same way but didn't change directions. I stood up when he was behind a tree and drew back as he crossed another tree but this time he stopped with only his head sticking out. His body was hidden by the two trees. He could sense that something wasn't quite right. He stood there for about five minutes. By that time my arm was shaking soo bad that I had to left off and away he goes.
As I am sitting there cursing myself, another one sneaks in from the opposite side. I stood up and drew the bow when he snuck behind a tree. When I shot I heard a loud clank. There was a log behind where the buck was standing. My arrow was sitting on the ground on the opposite side of the log. It looked like there was blood on the arrow but I couldn't tell. I thought I might have missed and hit the log but in the back of my mind I was hoping that the sound was from the deer's hoof when he jumped the log. Now I am in a little predicatment b/c I didn't want to wait too long to try and track him when it was pitch balck but if i missed I didn't want to waste the remainder of hunting time by getting down from the stand. Well I got down and there was absolutely nothing on the arrow. I completely wiffed. Well I spent the remainder of the time hunting on the ground but didn't see anything else.
Well better luck next time
As I am sitting there cursing myself, another one sneaks in from the opposite side. I stood up and drew the bow when he snuck behind a tree. When I shot I heard a loud clank. There was a log behind where the buck was standing. My arrow was sitting on the ground on the opposite side of the log. It looked like there was blood on the arrow but I couldn't tell. I thought I might have missed and hit the log but in the back of my mind I was hoping that the sound was from the deer's hoof when he jumped the log. Now I am in a little predicatment b/c I didn't want to wait too long to try and track him when it was pitch balck but if i missed I didn't want to waste the remainder of hunting time by getting down from the stand. Well I got down and there was absolutely nothing on the arrow. I completely wiffed. Well I spent the remainder of the time hunting on the ground but didn't see anything else.
Well better luck next time