So Until Then You Have Yourself

          !!!A Great Safe Hunt!!!

• Well it was November, 13-th My Birthday. Myself & husband Wally got up at 5:00 AM as usual , However today would be different as Wally told me he wanted me to hunt his main stand as thats where he had been having deer & Big Buck encounters all week with no shot opportunities. I was kinda shocked but he really wanted me too have at least a shot at a deer so at 5:25 AM we kissed & wished each other good luck, then parted way's it was very calm out & quiet as we had raked the leaves on all the paths leading to our stands. I was up in the stand & Ready by 5:40 am . It was about 6:30 when I heard the first noise comming from my right which leads to a swamp that seperates two woodlots. However there are soooo many squirrels there I first thought they were making their first run for the acorn & Beechnuts as they are very plentiful. A few moments later I heard a branch snap telling me that wasn't a squirrel. So I watched in that direction a couple moments & saw a deer comming . I then grabbed my bow watched as the deer approached right towards me slowly .  As he did he stopped a couple times to feed on the abundant nuts available. Then he started right towards me again at a slow pace, with not a clue I was in the stand. When the young buck got within 10-yrds I drew back just waiting for the right angle. Well he then turned facing away from me he was at about 8 yrds at that point, with a perfect view from his tail to his head which was facing away from me . As he started walking slowly away I took aim,  made a little baaa noise , The buck stopped!!! dead in his tracks looking around, as he did I placed my pin on his spine & let the arrow fly !!! wham !!! down it went nearly in his tracks I checked my watch it was exactly 6:45  . A perfect spine shot down between the shoulder blades he never took another step . I waited in my stand until he expired which was qwik. Talk about the hunter hat dance!!! When I got down from the stand shaking so bad from adreanilin , Then realizing it was a young Buck.  Being my first buck made it even more exciting , Man I thought what a Birthday present . I radioed Wally & he came right over to my location. I met him half way & decided to play a funny on   him (hehe )  and  suprize him. So when I met him I told him I needed help finding my arrow as I had shot & missed one. Well when he got in the woods he immediatly saw the deer & said honey you didn't miss!!! "you got em" there it is !!! I Just said laughingly you just figured that out huh LOL . Well he couldn't have been more happy for me as he had taken a young buck himself a couple of day's before. Well My Birthday turned out to be one of my Very Best because I got to share it with my New Husband .