Bowkill

[SHORT SHANK]

Season started in Texas on Sept. 29th and after the rain stopped, the wind started but I managed to stick a spike Sunday afternoon. He ran about 30-40 yards and went down quick. I got busted bad by an old doe that just walked up while I was getting settled in up in a tree. I looked down and she's just standing there looking at me. Boy did I feel like an a$$! She started stomping and raising hell but wouldn't leave however she hadn't started blowing (yet) She started to leave but came back for another session of stomping and raising hell but she couldn't get me
to move, that's when she started blowing and took off down a creek and kept blowing for a long ways out. I think it's safe to say that if I whack her, it won't be from that same stand. Had a nice 9pt under my stand Monday morning but his horns didn't meet the 13" min antler restriction in that county. Hope everyone has good luck this year and remember that any deer taken with a bow is a trophy!!!