So Friday was my last day to hunt before spending the weekend packing up to head to New Mexico for some elk hunting. Saw a few nice doe in the am but no good shot. In the evening I had a close encounter (15yds) with a nice 8-pt but no chance at a shot. Drew on him twice but too much brush to poke an arrow thru. After about 40 minutes of watching him wander by and out into the winter wheat field darkness (pitch black) descended on me and I snuck out without being busted.
The next morning a 14 yr old son of a friend arrowhead his first deer, a doe, in the stand I spent my am in on Friday! It was so much fun to see his excitement when we tracked it 25 yds. and found that he made a great shot on it.
Then another buddy who sat in the stand where I saw the eight climbed down about ten, walked around the corner and there was the eight feeding right in the middle of the trail, less than ten yds away! Another short tracking job and we all retired to the house for some celebrating.
Wonder how many others my friends will take off of my property while I'm gone? Really, I enjoy having friends over, especially the young ones.
Good luck all. Hope the weather settles down a bit.
