Sitting back in some thinned pines bordering a strip of field leading to a food plot.
Had this unbelievable trail coming out right underneath me.
At 3:15 p.m., I heard a twig snap and looked behind me to see this buck slipping through about 100 yards below me. He worked close enough for me to snap this picture with my digital camera.
Amazing how well they blend in.
Just before 4:00, I could see several small bucks slipping in to the green field from the opposite side when I looked to see 2 fawns prancing up the trail that would lead them right under my stand.
Sure enough, a solid doe was behind them and she never wavered before walking deliberately into one of my shooting lanes on the side of the field. Perfect 17 yard quartering away shot took her on the crease and exited her opposite armpit.
Always surprised me how far they go with no engine to run on, but the blood trail me just over 100 yards to where she was laying. It took me quite some time to drag her back up the hill to where I could get my truck to her. She was a stout doe well over 100 pounds on the scales.
My third high fence doe of the year. Just trying to do my part in deer management at the property where I conduct my research and loving every minute of it.
