With just two weeks left to go in the season, I decided to hunt over a field on the Briarpatch power lines where I had jumped some deer a couple of days before.  At 4:00pm, a bit early, I noticed movement down at the far side of the field, 150 yards away.  Thinking it might be a turkey, I raised my binoculars.  It turned out that I was looking at the head of a doe.  Most of her body was hidden at the time, which is why I thought it was a turkey.  I quickly raised my rifle, adjusted the scope to 9 power, and confirmed that it was a doe.  As I watched, she began walking down the power lines, directly away from me.  Although twice she gave me opportunities for a shot, I decided that the distance was a little long and the angle was tricky, so I passed.  Shortly after the doe went out of sight, I noticed more movement on the edge of the field.  Looking through the scope I saw another doe.  I released the safety, centered the crosshair, and squeezed the trigger.  I saw the deer fall, and knew that I had made a good shot.

As I watched the deer on through my scope to make sure that she didn't get up, I noticed that the other doe was headed back toward the field.  She was apparently curious about the shot, because she came very quickly up the power lines. As she got to the edge of the field she slowed down and began looking around.  She saw the dead doe lying there and started to move cautiously in that direction.  She stomped her feet several times, but could not figure out why the dead doe wasn't moving.  She moved closer and closer, and I assume she finally saw or scented blood, because at that point she snorted and ran off into the woods.