Traffic sucked getting home from the DC area today. When I got home, it was only about two hours till sunset. I grabbed my gear and hit the road. I was up in the stand about 1 1/2 hour before dark. I saw nothing till about 5 minutes after sunset. Two young deer and a big doe slipped up to 12 yards. I was really planning on getting down, but needed them to leave. I figured what the heck, and filled my third doe tag. I wanted to try out the cheap Cabelas EXP 3-blade expandable anyway. It looks like it entered a little high at 12 yards, but it came out through the armpit and leg on the opposite side. She ran about 75 yards, mostly downhill, and I heard her crash in a matter of seconds. Surprisingly, I found very little blood for the first 50 yards and only drops after that. The high entrance and exit through the leg/armpit area are notorious for not providing much of a blood trail. Fortunately, it was a great hit so a blood trail really wasn't necessary. For those interested, the Cabelas EXP head cut a nice entrance hole which surprised me for an over-the-top expandable broadhead.
Here is the entrance hole through the hide:
And the nice fat doe...
The arrow hit a big shale rock on the other side of the doe and threw sparks like fireworks in the dusky light. You don't expect sparks when archery hunting.
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