A doe named "Football"...

[WNY Bowhunter]

Yesterday morning I hunted some winery property basically just to take a trailcam down that I had setup a couple of weeks ago.  Upon, checking the cam I was pleased to find a whole bunch of bucks hitting the white oak that my stand was set in.  Two deer really caught my attention...one was a beautiful 9-pt and the other was a doe that looked like a football with legs...  

 

 

 

Since, my buck tag is filled I decided to try to hunt this fat doe.  Taking a wise old doe like this is definately no easy task. She liked to hit the oak up around 6:00 every few nights with a couple other does.  I had a little time to kill yesterday afternoon so I went after her.  I arrived to my stand late at 5:15...literally two minutes later she steps out at 150 yds down the field and started working my way. Eventually, she ended up feeding right under me and I put a Rage Hypo through her at 10 yds...

 

 

 

 

 

I may have to have her aged...she has lots of white on her face/muzzle and her legs.  I think she's been around a while.  I have to give he old girl credit for surviving the nuisance permit onslaught that happens here every summer...

 

 

This would have been a nice pic with a better camera...  

 

 

So, that's a wrap for me for this bow season. I have one more DMP left but my freezer is pretty stocked now and I have no reason to fill it. What a season!!!

 

 

[First-light]

Nice deer! Your plan worked perfect nice job.

[Zag]

Yeah would have been a great pic with Keuka in the bank drop. Seems like you sets might get lonely with no one hunting them, hint hint

[fasteddie]

Congrats !     Real nice fat doe . Your plan worked quite nicely .

[Borngeechee]

Awesome

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[rooster85]

Congrats on a big doe!! How do you like those broad heads? How far did she go?

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[moog5050]

Nice. Congrats

[BowmanMike]

I like it! You said you had a little time to kill, and it really only took a little time to kill that doe! Lol

A man of his word. She really is a football.

Good going

[Otto]

Congrats, nice deer and a really nice photo with the lake in the background.

[Kayakwilly]

Nice mature doe. They are sometimes hard to fool

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[grampy]

Congratulations! Those mature doe's can be every bit as challenging as mature bucks.

[gfdeputy2]

Bully Hill LOL love that wine!

[The_Real_TCIII]

That's an awesome doe, I hope you do get her aged

[WhitetailAddict11]

What a horse of a doe! Good looking drain hole you put in her too, got to love those Rage's. Based on your pics over the years you seem to hunt some beautiful property out your way. Great stuff man and congrats.

Edited October 16, 2015 by WhitetailAddict11

[Huntscreek]

Congrats, freezer filler for sure.

[dbHunterNY]

I figured out just like any other deer they do start going down hill with their weight.  seeings probably somewhere between 6.5 - 8.5 or something.  oldest doe I shot had a huge frame like that.  she had a dry udder.  also had a huge frame compared to rest of the doe hanging, but only weighed just over 95 lbs.  looked like a dairy cow.

[WNY Bowhunter]

Bully Hill LOL love that wine!

 

I am hunting property that borders Bully Hill.  This doe was no stranger to their vineyards...