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I'd like to thank God Almighty and my good buddy @GCTerpfan for a great day of firsts! First time taking a stickbow into the woods, first time hunting in MD, first time packing out a deer.
We made it to the location and got settled before the sun came up.
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Many of yall have been joking with me for awhile now that I just need to go get a deer within 15yds. Well I'll be darned if a deer didn't come down this old logging road at 0930 and stop 6yds from my tree!
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I hit him farther back than intended (maybe @GCTerpfan can post the video at some point). I remember the shot cycle went sideways after I bumped my bridge with the bow string and didn't have the wherewithal in the moment to restart the entire process again. When I released the string, he dropped and spun and I ended up hitting him right down next to the spine on the opposite side of where I was aiming. He walked 75yds and @GCTerpfan saw him lay down in a thicket edge. We sat in the trees reviewing the footage and recalling the signs he showed and eventually deemed it to be a liver hit.
Since he laid down so close, we waited there in the trees until 1230 and then decided to get down and sneak out the back way. Had lunch at the camp and crept back in to find him at 1430. He only got up once from where we saw him lay down in the morning and moved another 10yds before laying down again. It was so good to recover him without incident! @GCTerpfan showed me how to pack out an animal using the gutless method. It was awesome!
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And yes, first time wearing my super-cool super-UV-blue pants into the woods too! Apparently this deer didn't even notice