Missing Deer and Grinning.
That afternoon, my brother and I arrived at the deer stands in hopes of harvesting a few does. As the evening set in, we began hearing a deer walking from the woods towards the bean field. The deer walked out in between us just as predicted.
As I watched the deer in the field, I anticipated a shot from my brothers bow at any moment. And as if on cue, I heard the thump of the compound bow. I then watched and heard the arrow fly just over the top of the deers back. Tink, tink, tink, was the sound of the arrow bouncing off the beans.
A smile came across my face as I had just watched my brother miss. The deer however, simply took a few steps and went back to feeding. About a minute later, I again heard the thump of the bow. I watched as the second arrow flew over the top of the deers back. Down through the beans the arrow went. The deer looked around and went back to feeding.
Now I’m sitting in the tree doing all I can to keep from laughing out loud. About another minute goes by and sure enough, I hear the bow thump again. And again the arrow goes over the back of the deer.
The deer finally decides that something wasn’t right and moves away from my brothers shooting hole. I now have tears coming out from laughing so hard.
The deer then makes a turn and starts walking towards me. And wouldn’t you know it, the deer heads straight towards my shooting lane.
As I drew my bow back, I have to admit there was a little bit of a feeling of pressure on me. I took my time, breathed, aimed, and released the arrow. You already know what happened. Down through the beans the arrow went just over top of the deer. That’s four misses if you are keeping track.
The deer took a couple steps never even raising its head. I decided to try one more shot. This time the shot was perfect and the harvest was successful.
My brother and I both got a good laugh out of the experience and it remains as a fond memory.
