I was hunting a thick riverbottom where I had found some good scrapes and rubs yesterday. Unfortunately, the only good trees were wrong for the prevailing winds, so I built an elaborate blind earlier in the week. I did see a few deer, and one little 8 point, but they were all staying down about 50 yards away. Around 10AM or so, this fella came by at about 20 yards. I let him pass me and shot him at an angle. He was moving and I hit him in the right hindquarter. Luckily, I hit the femoral artery. He still went nearly a 100 yards, and was a little hard to find those last 30 yards or so...
As I was making a few circles to find him, I came across a nice size den. He may have been trying to make it back there, since he was only 30 yards or so from it. You can bet Mr. Slagle will be back in there come December to see if he can't make a few sets and stretch a couple of his buddies this winter....
