As usual I was watching the squirrels and birds at the feeder when I noticed a blob of brown that wasn't there a minute before at the edge of the food plot. An antlerless deer was slowly making it's way into the food plot so I grabbed the binoculars to make sure it wasn't the button buck that has been hitting the feeder every morning. It wasn't him!!! I picked up the Phoenix and waited for her to move into a good shooting position. She slowly circled (they always take what seems like hours) and finally came within the mowed portion of the food plot that I had bushhoged to mark the distance of 30 yards from the blind. When she started toward the feeder I started watching (aiming) through the scope. She was broadside at that point, and when she stopped walking I pushed the safety off and squeezed the trigger and heard the familiar THUMP of a good hit. I watched as she ran off and than slowed and stood on the tractor path at a distance of about 60 yards from the blind. In a minute she had the "rubber legs" reaction and fell right there. I watched for a minute to make sure she was down then I turned on the cell phone and called the landowner to have him bring the John Deere with the new carrier he made this summer. He was gracious enough to comply, and even snapped a few pics before helping me field dress her (while he was muttering something about, "one less damned bean eater"
). Guess he holds a grudge from all the raids on his garden. 
She was a yearling doe (had never nursed a fawn) and should provide us with some delicious meals. Right now she's in my buddy's, (the meat processor) cooler and we will do the butchering tomorrow. (some payback for the hours I spent under his house replacing drain lines this summer - nothing like getting even)
I didn't clean off the blood before the pic because I wanted the entry wound to show. Those Wac'Em Exit (4-blade replacable fixed blade) broadheads have done a good job for me so far. The hit was just a little high, but took out both lungs easily. I'm sighted in for 25 yards and have gone to holding 1/3 of the way up from the bottom of the deer on all shots under 30 yards. The arrow entered right where it should have with that method, a tad high, but still in the "kill zone". The shot ended up being 15 yards, but once she came within the 30 yard markers I have out she was fair game, and I wasn't concentrating on figuring out exact yardage, just on getting a good shot angle.
