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11/22/2002	Doe	Lancaster, SC	7mm mag Rem	Evening	40 yards
While talking to Arnold yesterday, he told me that the deer had been in his fields eating the wheat. Knowing this, I decided to hunt in one of the fields on our lease, Stand #2, also known as the "little loading dock". Ted decided to hunt in Stand #3, overlooking the cutover. Shortly before dark, a doe materialized 40 yards in front of my stand. I had a clear shot from high in a pine tree, so I fired. I was confident that it was a hit, and as I watched the deer ran off into the woods to my left. I called Ted on the radio to tell him that I was going to go ahead and get down and get on the blood trail before it got dark. As I started to gather my belongings, I saw another deer enter the field. I called Ted back and told him about the new deer. He urged me to shoot it too, but I declined. As the deer began to feed, I called Ted again and told him that he ought to run from his stand over to my area and try to shoot this one. I waited for what seemed to be hours before Ted called saying he was behind me. I told him where the deer was, and he crept into position. I saw the deer jerk to attention, obviously having seen or heard Ted. Ted stayed still, and the deer presently went back to feeding. He made the shot, and had his second deer of the year. We ended up having to track my deer a good ways through the woods, but in the end we found it, and the day had a happy ending.

11/22/2002

Doe

Lancaster, SC

7mm mag Rem

Evening

40 yards

While talking to Arnold yesterday, he told me that the deer had been in his fields eating the wheat. Knowing this, I decided to hunt in one of the fields on our lease, Stand #2, also known as the "little loading dock". Ted decided to hunt in Stand #3, overlooking the cutover.

Shortly before dark, a doe materialized 40 yards in front of my stand. I had a clear shot from high in a pine tree, so I fired. I was confident that it was a hit, and as I watched the deer ran off into the woods to my left. I called Ted on the radio to tell him that I was going to go ahead and get down and get on the blood trail before it got dark. As I started to gather my belongings, I saw another deer enter the field. I called Ted back and told him about the new deer. He urged me to shoot it too, but I declined. As the deer began to feed, I called Ted again and told him that he ought to run from his stand over to my area and try to shoot this one.

I waited for what seemed to be hours before Ted called saying he was behind me. I told him where the deer was, and he crept into position. I saw the deer jerk to attention, obviously having seen or heard Ted. Ted stayed still, and the deer presently went back to feeding. He made the shot, and had his second deer of the year.

We ended up having to track my deer a good ways through the woods, but in the end we found it, and the day had a happy ending.