Bowhunt 9/26/09

Had an absolutely great hunt this last Saturday! I think I ended up seeing 8 deer in total, harvested the doe shown in the video above and got some great video of an 8pt that I’ll be getting together for you soon. This is the first shot I’ve captured on camera as that’s not an easy thing to do by yourself. I now have a gorilla camera arm that straps to the tree that I would highly recommend to anyone wanting to capture a hunt.
The Story…. Saturday morning I woke up to pouring down rain so I went back to sleep and woke back up around 8am to a calm beautiful day. I slipped out into the woods shortly after and climbed a tree in my climber. I ended up seeing four deer but all were out of range. Went in around 11:30 so my cousins and I would have time to hang a stand and get back out.
I didn’t get into the woods til about 3:30 that afternoon and I switched trees to one that put me closer to where all the action was that morning. I hadn’t been in sitting down for more than 10 min when a doe a her yearling came in and starting inhaling acorns. They pretty much just hung out about 30yrds away from me munching away – they finally meandered off and it was about 4:30 when the doe shown in the video showed up. I shot her at 18 yrds at about 5pm. I knew the shot was good and I heard her go down not 50yrds away so I decided to stay put to see if Mr. Big would swing through. No luck, but I did get some more great video of a nice 8pt that just needed another year or two to be a shooter.
Lessons learned….Be versatile – if you see the deer favoring a certain trail that morning, it’s a good bet that’s where they’ll be that evening. Find acorns – this time of year is a great time to be hunting in a patch of oaks. Deer are still most interested in feeding as the rut has not yet begun. Bucks love hitting those acorns where they can feed and remain in good cover.

That’s all for now – Good Luck!!