BostonGator
NES Member
Went for an evening sit on Saturday in zone 10. Bumped 2 does on my way out. I am a new hunter this season and this was the most action I’ve seen so early in my hunt. In total since mid bow season I’ve seen a few doe and a forkie (several times). So I was pretty excited. Pushed in a little closer to a feeding area than normal. About 10 min before legal shoot I hear scratching at the snow behind me. I turn and see a doe with 2 yearlings about 30 yards. Deeper back I see 2 more doe behind trees coming in to feed. I turn back to the feeding area and another doe is dead down wind of me frozen behind brush. Now I have about 5 min left and no shot except for the doe with yearlings so I wait and time expires. Not wanting to blow up my spot and being super excited for all the action I decide to sit wait and watch. They could tell something wasn’t right but kept feeding on acorns. As they begin to move off to the west I hear more noise from behind and 5 more are spread out between 40 to 80 yards all headed in the same westerly direction. I felt like I was watching a migration. So head back to the same spot 1 1/2 hours before sunrise this morning and the forkie shows up just before 7 am. Watched for about 10 min to see if something else showed up but nothing. With an empty freezer and a perfect broadside at 25 yards I decided to drop him and harvest my first deer. He never made 1 step. Very thankful for the meat and clean harvest. I cannot believe what 80-100 yards can do from only seeing a few deer to seeing so many. Any way, had tenderloins for lunch and my daughter and I just had the heart which was surprisingly very good. Cheers!