Let me start back a couple day with Friday, Got a chance to go deer hunting and got to the wood around 530 AM. On my way into the stand walked up on two deer bedded right next to the roadway I am walking on. Good sign. I got up into the stand and started waiting. At about 815 AM while using a Doe bleat call, I got a little button buck to come up and was able to harvest it with a well place shot from my Taurus 357 mag handgun. Shot him at about 30 yards. Well, I was not able to get back into the woods until Wednesday morning. This Time I had my NEF 308 Survivor single shot w/ 180 grain Federal Fusion ammo. Well once again at about 825 AM I seen movement above my stand at about 100 yards away thru the Pines. A Doe came out and she was moving, was not able to get the rifle up. Then I had another Deer come out right behind her, again no shot presented itself. However, I was ready when the third deer came. I got this one to stop with a BRRRR grunt. He stopped behind a tree which only presented it rear end. He stepped out and I was able to stop him, I was able to place a nice shot just behind the shoulder. He jumped as if hit, however, it killed me to wait before I got down to check. After 10 minutes I went and checked a good hit and a good blood trail. I followed it about 15 yards and found a nice spike. I went back to the stand to see if I could get another one. At about 935 AM as I was about to get down and get the first deer out of the woods, I had another Buck come in right for my stand. This Buck with a good rack (7 point) came right at my stand; I could not get him to stop with a grunt, but did get a shot off at about 15 yards. Down he went. So I had two to take over to the processor. The Spiked went a little over 100 lbs. with the 7 pointer around 170 lbs. Not to bad for the start of the season.
