I was in the stand about 4:30ish. Maybe some people will get on to me and be like "be in the stand earlier!" Don't care. I've got it down to where I know deer appear around 6 in the early season and 5:15 in the late season. So I'm there a while before the deer are. After about an hour and a half, right at 6, I look right and there is a 6 point buck, he just kind of appeared, I never heard him walk up, but ok then. Not big enough to shoot (maybe half the size of the 8 point I got last year) , I decided to let him pass, a doe came out. I stood up slowly when the deer weren't looking, but I never got a shot on the doe. They simply walked off into the woods at my 2 o'clock. Still standing after about 5 or so minutes, I look to my left into the woods at my 9 o'clock. I see 4 legs walking through the brush, but I notice it's not a deer...this is a coyote. Now I beg for him to turn right, towards my stand, so that I could have a shot. Sure enough, he does. I wait till his head goes behind a tree to draw, and hold on my anchor point and aim. The coyote, after coming from behind the tree, is still hidden by briars grown up next to the tree. I hold the bow back for another 10 or 15 seconds (forgive me for inaccurate time, it seemed like I held the bow forever when it was probably just a few moments), and finally I get a shot. 20 yards, WHAP! The sound of an arrow hitting its mark. The coyote did not make it a few feet before it fell, the Muzzy Mx-4 having done it's work. After giving it a few minutes to expire, I got down from the stand to see my first coyote kill.
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| Sorry for the blurry selfie |
Now to attempt at a deer! Keep hunting and stay safe!
