Saturday, October 2, 2021

Saturday, October 2, 2021 pm Sunset 6:48 pm Hunting closes at 7:18 pm Temperature 74 degrees. Humid Mostly cloudy. Wind: W 7-10 mph. Back out again tonight. I have Charley and we are back in VAT. Heidi went to the Arlie’s food plot. Adam hunted there on Monday night and shot a nice 130”+ 10 pointer. It was his first buck with a bow and it was great to have him connect on a mature animal. We were ready to go by 4:45 pm. At 6:00 pm, we had a fawn come running through from the south about 40 yards to the east of us. Too small and no shot. At 6:15 pm, a doe and 3 fawns came running through from the north about 20-40 yards to the east of us. No shots. Something spooked them for sure. At 6:40 pm, a fawn came through from south to north about 30 yards to the east of us. Fun to see. Good action. At 7:00 pm, things started to get interesting. We had 2 mature does and a fawn come into the food plot from the south. They came through at 10 yards, but they were looking up and us and on edge. Charley sat completely still. They ended up circling us. The fawn was perfectly broadside at 10 yards, but I didn’t want to shoot a fawn. Something spooked the mature does and they trotted back through the food plot. They both stopped on the edge of the plot about 22 yards to the south of me. I was at full draw and let the bigger of the 2 does have it. We saw my arrow fly true and they took off to the south. Charley was so pumped up and she squealed “we got her dad!” We waited until close and got down to go look for blood. Immediately, we found the back 1/2 of my arrow with the luminock. There was considerable blood and we follow it for about 30 yards. She jumped the creek, so we backed out and headed back to the house. After dinner, the 3 of us drove the ATV down and parked it on the edge of the field. We got back on the blood trail and followed it for another 25-30 yards and found her. There were smiles and high fives by all. I am not going to lie, it was better then shooting my biggest buck with a bow to have her with me. Totals: Bob and Charley. 8 does and fawns. 1 does down. Heidi. 1 doe and fawn.