Finally filled my doe tag. 1st deer on our "new" place. I haven't hunted them for years and with my new pain meds I decided I'd go out and use the existing run down tower blind that was here when we moved in.
I was pretty much done for the night. 2 minutes of legal time left and I was sure she was going to walk behind a burr patch. Well, she didn't. She walked right in front of me within 25 yds and I blasted her with a Swhacker out of my Centerpoint Specialist crossbow. My propane heater froze up 15 minutes into the wait and I wasn't dressed warm enough to sit there any longer so I climbed down and began the search.
After the shot she ran right through that burr patch so I started tracking blood behind it. It was a fine mist on white snow. I thought damn, here we go again since I had already lost one doe that I hit high but below the spine. So, I kept going and the blood mist stayed steady through a sort of low area or slough in our woods. Just as soon as I got through that and the woods started again, I saw her, she was done. She only went 50 yds or so.
You can clearly see the exit wound where the Swhacker brought some lung out with it. That explains the mist and lack of a good blood trail. It's the same Swhacker that I hit the other deer with so I'm guessing it was a little dull and that's probably why it pulled some lungs out with it. I'll sharpen or replace that one.
We're finally done dealing with Dad's estate so I'll have more time to sit out and try to fill my other tag.
happy for him tho! 
