Well I got Bev, my GF interested in archery and while she isn't yet ready for a recurve she did buy a crossbow and after a bunch of target practice she felt she was ready try to bag a deer.
We set up a blind in her backyard and sat out each evening without seeing anything until last night.
After about an hour in the blind out walks a HUGE doe followed by a pair of pretty big fawns. Without binos I couldn't be certain but I thought that one of the little guys was sporting a set of spikes big enought to be a legal deer and I told her that if she could confirm the antlers she should take it.
The true hunter that she is she said that she wanted a "BIG BUGGER" for her first crossbow deer and would wait for some serious horns..... 5 minutes later out walks a beautiful 3X5. He stood behind the doe for what seemed like hours while it continued to get darker and darker.
The doe finally moved out and she made a perfect shot, I heard the bolt strike and saw the buck flinch before he ran off.
We waited about ten minutes and went to look for a blood trail (flashlight required by this time), I found the first droplet of blood about 10 yards from where he was standing and about 5 yards further it looked like someone had opened up a garden hose! we followed the blood trail for about 75 yards and found him piled up with a perfect passthrough shot to the heart.
Not only is Bev a great shot and one hell of a sportswoman she certainly held her own today when we cut and wrapped the meat and she fleshed and salted the hide in preparation for tanning.
I caped him out for her and we will be contacting my taxidermist this week and she is going to tan the hide herself and make us some slippers...
A fantastic first deer for a woman who truly deserves it.
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