Joel and Mike hunted Jeff's Road. Nothing exciting happened; no deer and no porcupines (and no cougapines too), but they did retrieve the tree stands.
Eric and Doug hunted Kent's family property. Doug took the "pond" stand and Eric took the "stream" stand. Eric initially saw several deer, but none came in range for a shot. While waiting for deer at the "pond" stand, lines of fire were planned since the brush was thick in front of the pond. Only 4 spots were available for any shot at the pond, but plenty of shots in front of the brush and to the right if any deer so happened that way.
Doug heard a few, including a large doe behind him around 5:30. Around 5:45 Doug spotted a deer coming from the south headed towards the pond, it was a 6 point buck...fortunately the arrow was already knocked, red dot was set for the amount of sunlight and the release was set. Before the deer got to the pond, the bow was brought up and drawn. The buck stopped to get a drink when its hooves hit the pond; as it dropped it's head to drink, the bow was aimed just behind the shoulder (as was taught to him by Joel and Eric during many hours of 3-D training). A tinge of excitement & nervousness hit which caused the heart rate to go up; so a deep breath was in order. One deep breath, then the red dot was moved up a few inches to compensate for yardage; the trigger was pulled on the release and the arrow flew straight through the second opening from the left (see pic above), hitting the deer just below the spine, hitting the lung and exiting clean through. If you click the picture below you will notice the deer has dropped right below the second opening.
Eric showed up at the pond stand about 7:15. It was decided to drag the deer back w/o field dressing it to play a joke on the rest of the group. That story to follow...
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