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Went out this morning for opening day bow. My wife woke me up at 5:15 and I parked the truck at 6:15. At 7:30 I saw deer movement above me and it was to far to tell . At 8:30 I had 4 adult doe walk within 15 yards of me and I picked out the largest one and smacked her alittle bit high. the 4 took off and I could see my nockturnal nock stuck in her and i saw it come out of her about 50 yards away. I was pretty sure I heard a crash and about 15 minutes later I had deer movement again. A doe appeared and then 2 more. the 3 hung out in my view for 15 minutes which made me feel good about that crash I heard. The deer worked there way back down the hill towards were they came from and after 40 minutes I got down from the stand and walked 20 yards and the serious blood trail started. It was a very easy trail to follow there was good spray on both side of she tracks along with alot of trees that were painted by her. After less than 100 yards there she laid 119.5 lbs doe with a serious lung problem. Sorry no pics I have a dumb phone. I think that she was my 1st opening day bow kill ever . Time to get another tag.Good luck all

Very nice read.

Congrats Spinner on your bow kill. Nice read.

Congrats spinner. They sure are active. Watched 2 rack buck fight Last evening. Only 2nd mature buck fight I have ever seen in VT.

Congrats, Spinner! Saw a bunch of deer this weekend, but nothing in range. There is one HUGE doe on our property that I'd really like to get an arrow in. Saw her 3 times this weekend from 2 different stands, so hopefully it's just a matter of time.

Good luck everyone!

I'll piggy back on my fathers post here - and I'll also help him out by posting up a picture.

I hunted opening weekend as well - Didn't see any deer Saturday (was at a wedding in NY for the evening hunt). Saturday I didnt have any action for the morning sit but hunting my 'go to' stand on Sunday evening. With about an hour left of daylight I could hear movement so I stood up to be ready as woods is still thick with cover. About 10 mins later a deer snapped a stick behind me, at about 10 yards I could make out 1/2 a body of a deer, then the full body came out from behind a few more trees. At first I thought it was a spike, but once his head turned I could see a legal brow - he hung up behind some cover and wondered off. About 10 mins later he reappeared, presented me with a 20 yard shot - took him a bit far back, but the angle put the arrow through both lungs and pegged his front shoulder. He ran off with the arrow still in him - after legal shooting light my brother made his way to me as we began looking for blood. NO BLOOD - NO HAIR....WTH? We circled and circled looking for any sign, we came up empty. After a bit more searching I looped around the area to backtrack where I heard him crash off to, minutes later my headlamp caught that familiar white belly laying on the ground. We took up his track to see what sort of blood trail he left - surprisingly there wasn't much sign and I'm not sure I would have found him if we kept looking near where the shot was taken. His entry hole was plugged which made the initial blood trail nonexistent. Will be checking him in later today to get a dressed weight as we finally got back to the house ay 9pm (1.5 hour drag out!).

Shot a few bucks in WI, but this is my first buck harvest with a bow in VT

Shoot straight to all of you - On doe patrol now.

Congrats, Brett! Can't let the ol' man show you up.

congrats guys.

Way to go guys! Nice harvests.