Well it happened again. She shot a deer and I didn’t. Next year (I already made up my mind but will break the news to her after season) I’m sitting in her stand while she sleeps in! This guy was lying down on a fence line about 180 yards from her. When we walked in this morning before sun up we spooked a deer from right near her stand. I went into mine, about 100 yards from her though not visible and sat. At 7:03 I heard her shoot. After finishing my morning hunt I went back to her and then to the deer. She said as the sun came up she saw something in the grass but couldn’t tell if was a deer. After a bit she scoped it and determined it was indeed a deer. The rule of the land is no doe harvest until Thanksgiving so she couldn’t shoot until she knew if it was a buck and at that point it was bedded down happily. As the sun changed she thought she saw a glimmer of antler. Jiggling the bolt on the Ruger the deer finally turned towards her and she saw the horns for sure. But he wouldn’t stand up for nothing. Finally she got tired of waiting and set the cross hairs just behind its head and pulled the trigger. It never stood up. When I got to it it was as if it had just fallen asleep. Perfect shot into the spine where it meets the base of the skull. I know some will belly ache about such a shot but too bad. We have very capable weapons and she is a damn good shot. In this specific situation it was shoot or very likely lose the deer if it bolted. She made the right choice.
Congrats to her a great looking buck!
How can you ask for anything more than that? 
