On October 24th, I was able to squeeze in a quick hunt after work. As soon as I got settled in I sat for a few minutes then gave a rattling sequence. Just a few minutes later an 8 pointer came in behind me and worked several scrapes given me a great show. He then began to work his way up hill and gave me a quartering away shot at 22 yards. The shot was good and he didn't go far. With my Wisconsin buck tag filled I now had my weeks vacation to concentrate on hunting Iowa.
Wisconsin archery kill.
Jackson Marsh, Zonk54 and I have spent some weekends scouting together as well as several scouting missions on our own so we'd have some options. I spent my time there bouncing around properties based on sign and other hunter pressure. Yesterday afternoon it all came together for me. At 3:15 I saw a doe running about 100 yards away, she stopped and looked behind her so was hoping a buck was on her trail. A few seconds later I saw him and knew I'd shoot him if given the opportunity. She made her way in front of me at about 20 yards and he wasn't far behind her. I drew my bow and the path he took wasn't exactly the same as the one the doe had taken. After being drawn for seeming forever he gave me a shot that I liked. I took it and thank goodness he didn't run down the steep hill I was adjacent to, he ran parallel to the hill and went down quickly.
Iowa archery kill.
I texted JM when I found him and he met me to help get him out of the woods, a huge thanks JM! I'll be able to get in a few more sits with the boys and hopefully we'll have some more action then it's on to gun season which is a fun social gathering and hunt. Congratulations to everyone who's been successful and good luck to everyone else still out there.
JM will be helping me with picture shortly, thanks again!
