I like to get one in the freezer.  It takes the edge off the rest of the season.  So, as most of the Cool Springs gang we say" if it's brown it's down".  I took this buck on Monday (Oct. 6th) morning.  Here is a little tracking pictoral:

I shot him at first light on the edge of a corn field.  He had just freshened a scrape under a beech tree 20 yards from me.  I waited two hours to begin the tracking.  Not because of the hit, but, as not to disturb my hunting buddy Two Hats.  He was 150 yards away.  First blood ten paces from the take off scuffs:

 

Enterence into the thicket.  20 yards from the hit:

 

My arrow 5 yards further:

 

20 more yards and I spot him:

 

Layed up next to one of his rubs:

 

Time to get out my new Doug Campbell damascus and get busy:

 

Oh Yeah,  Back home for the hero Pic:

 

55@29" ,62" Blacktail Elite.  Gold Tip 55-75 30.5" with a Wensel Woodsman Arrow weight ~530.  Shot distance 14 yards.  Taken from a Lone Wolf climbing treestand.  Recovery distance ~60 yards.

Jeff

Same Set up.  10 yard quartering to shot at last light. ~150  yard recovery.  No arrow No blood.  Took a compass reading of the direction she ran.  Returned the next morning and found her a short distance from where I last heard her.  7 inches of arrow and my woodsman head were still in the body cavity.

Congrats. Nice shot placement.

What a grand way to start out early in the season...

awesome jeff!!! i still got the bow i got off ya the supermountain bow

   

Well done! Congrats!

Congrats  

Nice shot!!

Nice recovery photos. Well-done!

Way to go Jeff.

Good shootin Jeff.

yeah baby,my turn to put you on deer..Again job well done and now the monkey is off our backs.Whoppeeeeeeee

Jeff~
I can always count on you for a buck or three! Way to go and nice pictorial!

well done great shot!

 Congrats and a fine shot!

Great pics and Congratulations!!!!! Don and Skyler

   

Good shot, good story and nice deer      

Congrats, Jeff!  Great job with the pics as well.    

great shot