Do deer come out after shooting?
Second morning of hunting two days straight, I finally pulled the trigger on a nice low fence buck in Jim Wells County. Starting the first Friday of 2020 with a bang is what I like to say. I thought to myself, today was going to be my last day hunting. I sat and watched a doe and spike that morning, thinking to myself should I pull the trigger on that spike for meat or should I be patient? The entire morning I watched the doe and spike eat corn off the senderos as they vanished into the monte.
Boy was that a slow day of hunting.That Thursday afternoon I had made the decision to harvest the spike for meat if he were to come out again in the evening hunt. After going thought trail camera photos at camp with the other hunters we noticed a good herd of coyotes on camera. Could this be why we haven’t seen anything moving this week?
That evening we decided to get in the blind early since it was a nice cold day with low winds. All set up in the blind by 2pm with Jax and myself. Suddenly I noticed a doe 280 yards out early in the day so I thought to myself this could be it! There had to be a buck behind her during the day for her to be moving so early. As I waited and waited patiently, sadly nothing appeared as she ate for a few minutes and crossed over to the neighbors. At 5:06pm a coyote gave me a shot about 150 yards out. Boom. I decided to give that coyote a dirt nap 10 yards away from the feeder. Some hunters have a mentality of “if you shoot or make noise, you’ll scare the deer away”. Well not today, about 40min later around 5:46pm the young spike with a broken tine decided to come out and feed on the sendero. Young buck was only 90 yards away giving me a clean shot as he was standing broadside. Boom! The other hunter on the lease messaged me “Where did you hit it?“. “Neck shot, didn’t wanna mess up the meat”I replied.
As we gathered at camp with my fellow hunters and myself, we talked about how slow the day was. Only seeing a few doe and spike the entire day. This hunting season I’ve sat and watched several 6-8pt bucks through the lease. Letting them walk and waiting patiently for a mature buck to come along. Knowing this small piece of land holds some nice mature high horn bucks that appear on the trail camera I knew I just had to have patience.
As we finished quartering the spike we discussed coming out the next morning due to how slow it was. We were determined something would come out due to the low activity today. At the same time we were taking a gambol if we were to come and not see anything. By the time you knew it, it was 5:30am. That night I stayed up late with family in Benavides as we talked about the deer we’ve been seeing at the lease around a bond fire. By 6:25am I was ready to go, in the blind with my hunting companion Jax. As we were waiting for the sun to breach you can hear the coyotes howling and sounds of turkeys in the distance. By 7:27am I had eyes on another coyote that was across the fence at the neighbors ranch. Thinking to myself, “that’s it, ain’t no way we’re going to see any deer today if coyotes are around the area”. Suddenly a doe appeared in front of the blind as she was feeding on the sendero. Following behind her was a nice buck and a second doe. Capturing their behavior using my phone through the binoculars I watched them as they walked away into the monte. By that time I was looking at the photos i captured thinking to myself. Why did I let that buck walk? I then alerted the other hunter in the distance that a nice buck was in the ranch and to be aware.
Sending him photos of a buck with split brow tines, he responded “why didn’t you shoot, did you get buck fever”. Moments later the doe came back out and behind her was the biggest buck I’ve seen at the ranch in person. At about 160 yards out I decided to pull the trigger with my .270 shooting Hornady Superformance rounds. It was a hit, for a second with my adrenaline running I had thought I missed. As I walked to the spot where I took the shot, there he laid on the ground about 15 yards.
The gambol of staying for an other morning hunt paid off. I was blessed to harvest this animal and thank god for such a beautiful creature. This harvest ended my white tail season for me, but I cant wait for 2020 season to come. Freddy Molina Fish’N Fred #MegAndFredAdventures #JaxAdventures
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