Captcurt
Member
Opening day of bow here in Arkansas and it rained all morning. I have had some really tough tracking jobs when rain was involved and swore off of hunting in the rain for several years now. Finally the radar was semi-clear about 4:00 P.M. and I couldn't stand it any longer. By the time I got loaded up and drove to the farm it was after 5:00. Jumped on the ATV and it wouldn't start. DEAD BATTERY. No biggie, I could drive the old Ranger to the back gate and walk to my blind. Only about a quarter mile walk. It starts to sprinkle. Only saw 4 deer going to the stand with a doe at the blind. 5:45 when I finally crawled into the tent blind. This is by one of the farms cattle feeders and the deer usually swarm the feeders at dark. Right on schedule 2 slick heads and 2 bambis come in at 6:30. The old gal was on edge, really spooky. When her head went behind a tree I drew my bow and put an arrow through her from about 20 yards and off of the hill she went. Now this hill is about a 30 degree grade. I mean a real killer and she crashed and banged off of trees for about 200 yards. I hiked back to the truck and drove as close to the blind as I could get, dug out my spotlight and started tracking. An hour later I finally had her back to the truck. I was completely worn out. Then when driving out I saw 16 head before I got off of the property. That made a total of twenty deer in 2 1/2 hours. I love to hunt them but I am getting too old for this crap. This old 67 year old man is going to find some youngsters to hunt with.
