shot my first button

[JHbowhunter]

well since we all seem to be in the spirit of posting on both sites.... here is my story this evening...

 

Wow it was tough to draw back on the little feller, but I saw a hunter 300 yards away, waaaay down the zone 2 hedgerow I was hunting, walking around last 20 minutes of light looking for his arrow as he walked out of a ground blind. Then I saw a herd of 15-20 baldies heading my way, closing in to the top of the crest of the hill at 50 yards, and kept looking way down the hill at the bumbling hunter. Finally they decided to exit stage left, which was not in my direction because I was looking for a nice fat doe in that group, as well as 200 yards in opposite direction, I had a bachelor group of 8-10 bucks coming my way with one borderline shooter.


After that group of does/fawns left, I saw one straggler standing there at the crest of the hill, that did NOT go with the pack. I saw the buttons clear as day. I saw a hole in it's stomach which made me sick to mine - and fortunately he decided that where the herd was going was too far for him in his condition... He walked by me at 15 yards, hopped some barbed wire and I decided to "ruin" my hunt by shooting the 60lb deer.


He didn't go far. I called the landowner, and said "your deer is laying in middle of field if you want it" and he said "it wasn't me, it was my buddy". I met him at the spot and gave an old man a deer that clearly will feed him so I felt really good about it in the end. That deer was gonna die in about 15 hours....

All the bucks came as far as the dead button still within shooting light, as well as several more good size doe - but that dead deer spooked them they just kept circling it and acting all freaked out or I may have had my first double. (would have shot one of the doe)


The landowner called me back afterward and thanked me - "need to get him to stop hunting, he can't see anymore, and keeps gut shooting them with his cross bow"...


You can just imagine my thoughts on that.

[3Blade]

You did the right thing  Now you need to convince the old timer he doesn't need to hunt any more and you will shoot the deer for him.

[Rusty]

You did good Jack.  

[Bill from NJ]

[Turkeyboy44]

You did good. It sucks to see that and it's a good thing you could put the deer down.

[NorthNJHunter]

Congrats Jack!