A yummy start to the season...

[Doug Campbell]

I've been watching this herd of goats coming to water for a few days and today had a chance to get away for a little while. Since I'm too dang claustrophobic and can't seem to hit anything from a blind I threw my ladder stand up in a hawthorn bush next to the river where they'd been coming thru. They say antelope seldom look up and today prooved it, my feet aren't 8' off the ground and I should have stuck out like sore thumb. With a dozen of the sharpest eyes around within 10 yards I was able to draw my bow completely un-noticed. This old girl was unlucky enough to be closest and was also one of the biggest of the bunch. No bucks were in sight and these are way too tastie to pass up so she was "it".

Was shooting my 58# BBO LB by Keith Deters. First kill of hopefully many with it, sweet shooter, AD shafts and a Tusker head. Since I've got two more tags I plan to go back and do the same thing again tomorrow    

She's got the biggest horns, 4 1/2", of any doe I've ever seen.


Here's what the stand looked like, it was pretty wobbly but the goats standing right under it didn't care.
 

[knife river]

I'd normally say "congratulations!" or "nice job!" or some similar nicety, but I'm still p.o.'d that you've decided to vacation in Hawaii with some gal instead of hunting pigs with us guys.  See if you ever get another happy-face pancake from me.          

I never got a chance to bend that green stick in Wyoming...  Looks like it works pretty well!    

[Jesse Minish]

Congrats Doug!

[Benny Nganabbarru]

Excellent!

[Jack Denbow]

Good one Doug.
Jack

[Nook]

Good eats...  Nice one Doug.  You keep this up and they all will be looking up like eastern whitetails do.  Jeff

[4runr]

Congrats Doug!

[Mike Gerardi]

[tradtusker]

nice one!

[Gaff]

i thought that bow looked familier!! im sure kieth will be happy.. awesome job.

gaff

[Forrest Creature 1]

Good shoot'n Tasty freezer meat  

[bowhunterfrompast]

Congrats  

[Shinken]

Way to go Doug!

Have a great 2009 hunting season!

Shoot straight, Shinken

[just_a_hunter]

Great, bud!

Todd

[snakewood3]

Congrats, Doug, now you gotta' try to stick one with that atlatl.

[medic77]

cool that you hunted them from a stand

[steadman]

Great Job Doug!!    And yummy they are!!

[V I Archer]

nice way to start things off Doug!

[ishiwannabe]

Nicely done! Im sure Keith is just as happy as you are at this moment...

Look like interesting creatures, tasty is just a bonus I guess!

[Chris Surtees]