DC10
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My 2nd doe this week. Shot this one behind my house. I started bow hunting/saddle hunting last year and didn't get one down that my kids could come track with me (gut shot one and the coyotes got the entire deer).
They were super excited to get in the woods and help me find this doe. My boy was ecstatic. I had told him before I went out to hunt that if I saw a deer, I was going to shoot it and come get him to help me find it. He was so giddy and couldn't wait (and yes, it was his idea to take a picture with his foot on the deer).
I shot both of my does this year with a Rage Trypan. The first one didn't bleed hardly at all. This one was an entirely different story. The blood trail was heavy. She only went about 50 yds. She was quartering to me just a touch. So, I put the shot further up on her shoulder and got a pass through.
My goal this year was to fill up our freezer and get some experience bowhunting/saddle hunting before turning my attention to intentionally trying to put down a buck.
It just doesn't get any better than bow hunting from a saddle. Having a blast.
They were super excited to get in the woods and help me find this doe. My boy was ecstatic. I had told him before I went out to hunt that if I saw a deer, I was going to shoot it and come get him to help me find it. He was so giddy and couldn't wait (and yes, it was his idea to take a picture with his foot on the deer).
I shot both of my does this year with a Rage Trypan. The first one didn't bleed hardly at all. This one was an entirely different story. The blood trail was heavy. She only went about 50 yds. She was quartering to me just a touch. So, I put the shot further up on her shoulder and got a pass through.
My goal this year was to fill up our freezer and get some experience bowhunting/saddle hunting before turning my attention to intentionally trying to put down a buck.
It just doesn't get any better than bow hunting from a saddle. Having a blast.
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