I’ve been chasing coues whitetail my whole life. I finally had a chance to hunt the “Eastern” whitetail. I got one on November 29, 2008. I got in my stand at 2:30 pm and at just a few minutes later I heard the leaves rustling behind me so I got ready. I was just sitting there and before I knew it this buck was sitting right below my tree stand. He looked right at me and we looked eye to eye. Then he looked left and then I stood up and got ready to draw. Then he took a couple more steps and that’s when I drew my bow back. He was 18 yards so I put my 20 pin low and hit him right in the rib cage. The arrow got him right in the heart. He only went about 100 yards.
I called my wife, and she brought out the boys so that my whole family was able to help me track him and find him. We were looking for about 5 minutes and my wife finally found the blood trail. It was good to see how my boys reacted…I was very impressed as a father to see my boys so interested in the whole experience.
These corn fed deer taste a lot better than those cactus eating deer from AZ.