So it has been a very successful hunting season for my brother. He had 5 tags and he filled 3 of them. He got two does and one buck. The third deer came a little later in the season after one of the first snows. The very factor that increases the quantity of deer hunters on the first days of snow is the visibility. The forest and all of the surrounding nature comes alive in a very new and different sense. It usually is a lot colder but the hunt is that much more exciting. Walking to the tree stand is really nice because everything stands out so much more. If you have good boots and learn how to walk quietly then its a nice and silent entry into the woods. Up in the tree stand its so much better to see anything that moves against the white background.
And so the day of the third kill, my brother decided to do something different, stand on the ground and maybe sneak up on some deer. It wasn't long after standing in a hedgerow for a few minutes that a fawn came into view. Shortly a nice size doe came along following the fawn. It was a nice and close 40 yards as per range finder. That was a too good of a range for a shotgun. The deer all of the sudden sensed danger and started to move but it was too late! Trigger squeezed and down came the doe! Dropped in mid-step with the bullet traveling cleanly through the lungs.
Congrats David on another great kill of the season! Bagging and tagging would be an appropriate thing to say!!
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