Deer Day 5 - Thanksgiving Morning Success

Four of us went out this morning - two to Marshall and two to Neal.  We started in the barn at 6:45 am.  Legal hunting light was 7:20 and we only had a 5 minute drive anyway.  We had a toast - see previous post - and then headed out.

I walked to the bridge and cut in along the creek.  I wasn't 15 yards into the grass when a small buck came walking directly at me.  I dropped to a knee and waited for a good shot.  He kept coming until a car passed along the road - then he grew suspicious of me, exposed in the grass.  When he turned quartering to, I put a 300 BO through his left front shoulder.  He ran maybe 50 yards and dropped.

At about 9:30, Nick started walking S to help me drag the buck while Alex and Harrison walked off Neal back to the truck.  Nick jumped ten deer and they scattered at his attempted shot.  No more deer.  Nick made it down to the bottoms and pushed three doe to me.  When one turned broadside at 20 yards, I put another BO into her right side.  She walked 15 yards and dropped.  The other two ran back towards Nick and he dropped one.  Three deer this morning!

Alex and Harrison drove down to the bridge and helped me track and drag deer.  The buck had a complete pass-through but left a very spotty and hard-to-track blood trail.  The doe was easy.  We loaded those two up and drove up top to pick up Nick and his doe.  

Then we had the family at our house (kids, grandkids, and Mom) for Thanksgiving lunch.  Sandy made lasagna, Kathy made overnight salad, and there were several desserts.  Naps followed.  Great Day!


My ambush location after shooting the buck

Three deer in truck.
Shout-out to Shinerbock for sponsoring our hunt this morning.

Lunch back at the house

Grandkids kind of eating - mostly watching TV




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