Went back to my little oak bottom/travel corridor in the forest this morning after seeing a few deer yesterday. Saw one deer trotting across around 6:40 but couldn’t tell what it was. Around 8:20 had a medium and small doe come feeding by. Around 8:45 possibly the same two deer came back and kept me entertained for a while. Had a deer blowing at me as I was watching the two close deer, turned out to be a doe and button buck. Around 9:25 i looked up and saw a group of about 5 coming to me from a different direction. I was happy to finally see a couple good sized does in this group. I got the gun up quick and took a shot at the first doe. She took off in a straight line but never saw her stumble or go down. I gave the deer about 30 minutes before coming down. I went to the spot where she was standing and got a bad feeling as I couldn’t find any blood. I went in the direction she ran and only found a couple small drops of blood. Finally about 70 yards later I started to see a little more blood. I started putting some flagging tape up and saw she was going pretty much in a straight line. She ended up going about 150 yards. I think my bullet may have hit a branch, I just barely hit the deer in front of the right shoulder. Got lucky that the bullet came out through the opposite shoulder. Prettty upset about the shot and dont plan to hunt with the rifle again until I hit the range. Good sized doe, would guess 105-110lbs. Was a nice .6 mile drag back to the truck. Had some heart for dinner[<3]
