First Deer Down

After another dismal morning hunt, Cory and I headed to the North farm to try our first hunt over the new food plot. We really didn't anticipate getting a shot at anything, but we wanted to see if deer were using the plot in daylight hours. The trail camera that we hung on the food plot this past Sunday had five pictures on it - not too impressive, but we at least had some proof that deer were feeding in the plot.

We set up the Rhino ground blind in some tall weeds at the head of the field and used more of the weeds to brush in the blind. Overall, it blended in pretty well. After a few hours of nothing, Cory caught movement off of the left side of the food plot. We watched as two doe and one fawn worked out into the field. You could tell that both doe were unsure of the blind and after a short feed, the lead doe headed out the back of the field with the other two deer in tow. That second doe, though, just couldn't stand not being able to feed in the food plot. It would come into the edge of the field, feed for a second, then head back out to cover. I was just excited to see some deer in the plot, and really wasn't expecting Cory to get a shot, as they just seemed a little too spooky of the new "blob" that was setting on the edge of the field. Our luck finally changed, however, when the doe started easing up the right side of the field, staying in the tall grass on the outskirts of the food plot. Then, just 30 yards away, she entered the plot again. By this point my heart was pounding like I was getting ready to draw back on a Pope & Young buck, and I didn't even have a bow in my hands! After several tense minutes of the deer standing at a bad angle, she finally turned to a quartering away position. Cory pulled the trigger on the release and we watched the Easton Tracer nock hit right behind the doe's shoulder. She ran less than 40 yards and piled up. The total drag to the truck was less than 100 yards

It was an awesome hunt for so many reasons - the lack of deer sightings the previous three days, the fact that we were hunting from the Rhino blind, the fact that we were hunting our first food plot, and because it was our first bowkill deer on video. It was just one of those hunts you will never forget. Now it's my turn! I can't wait to get on the board myself.

Keep at it guys and let us all know what is going on. I will try to have some of the footage available on YouTube to check out soon.