Deer & Turkey Hunting Tips

We decided to give it a go as it was calm at this point in time. So off to our deer hunting land we went. As we arrived before light, we made our way to our stand locations. My brother was hunting about two hundred yards from me.

At daybreak, or at least official hunting time, I noticed that the sky was black with clouds and that the wind had started picking up. I decided to climb down from the stand for safety reasons and sat down near an old blow down tree. The winds became stronger and stronger. Every thing in the woods seemed to be moving.

Sure enough, just as the weatherman had predicted, the wind was so strong, I could barely keep myself still. As hearing anything moving was out of the question, I kept my eyes looking from side to side. Suddenly, as if by magic, I saw a doe standing in front of me about twenty yards away. The deer was looking directly at me. Then she turned and walked slowly away.

About two minutes later, the deer returned and stopped broad side in front of me. I decided to take the shot. The deer ran about ten feet and fell. I walked over and just as I started to field dress the deer, I felt a rain drop. Then the rain started falling a little faster.

Upon completing the field dressing, I dragged the deer the three hundred yards to the truck. I put the doe inside the truck bed and jumped inside the cab. Just as I closed the truck door, the bottom fell out of the sky and it was raining harder than I had seen in a long time.

About twenty minutes later, my brother came running up and jumped inside. He was soaked from head to toe. I had to laugh at him. I then asked if he had seen anything and he gave me an evil look. I then smiled and pointed to the back of the truck. Smoke poled. He hadn’t heard the shot due to the wind.