A week ago on Sunday I closed my 2007 deer season.  I had one any deer tag and 3 antlerless tags.

I filled both archery tags (any deer and antlerless) in earlier fall.  As rifle season opened, I took one deer on Thanksgiving and my final last Sunday.  I disappointed myself on Thanksgiving, by harvesting a legal deer, but a button buck all the same.  I never took pictures of my rifle harvests.  Here are the pictures of my archery harvests! 

All together, I estimate that I brought home 190 lbs of meat (no bone just meat). 


This is the first time since I started archery hunting that I've filled all deer tags that I've purchased! 

You can see from the doe picture, I hit her high.  I instinctively put the 20 yard pin on a close shot that should have been a 10 yard pin   The result was that I had to put another arrow in her to finish her off. 

Regardless, it was a great year that I'm proud of.  I'll post the picture of the muley mount when I get him back!

WTG DAN, I HOPE I GET ANOTHER ONE BUT IF NOT THERE`S ALWAYS NEXT YEAR.

Nice.Enjoy thoe back straps !

congrats on a good season..

nice deer very nice buck

congrats

congrats, what happend with the doe you walk up on her and have to stick her again or did she give you another shot after the 1st, the hit looks like a spine shot shoulda dropped right there

Rebel,

The spine shot dropped her in her tracks. However, she stared right up at me for a moment or two. I didn't want her to suffer more than she had to, so I opted to put another in her when she gave me an open rib shot. That one didn't miss it's mark. She expired within a minute of that one. Both of those arrows ended up broken, but she was worth it.

I consider a live animal still a danger, even a wounded doe. I'd rather put her down from a distance than wrestle with a knife. In addition, I would have to climb down, and leave her suffering while I got ready to put her out of her misery.

So that's what happened, and why I did what I did. I hope your season was as good as mine!