Doe down in rain

Well went out this morning in the rain, would have stayed home but property owner needed help. got set up 20min before legal and decided i'd stay until 9am. pretty quiet only a couple of squirrels and song birds, guess nothing likes the rain. checked my watch it was 859 so waited the extra minute as I always wait until the time I pick. Minute passes take a look around and see legs coming my way. watch behind to make sure no fawn with her, I don't want to shoot doe with fawn this early in season. no wind this morning, which i hate as they sent swirls around. I see it is a doe, she stops at last big tree before shooting lane and smells me, she turns 90deg and goes about 5yds. She turns and enters lane at about 22yds. stops to smell, I'm putting weight on trigger and she turns and makes to quick steps towards me. She now front quartering to me, looking right at me on ground. I know she is going to bolt shortly so i have to let her go or take the shot. I aim low for the heart and picture where i have to shoot. let bolt fly and instantly see bolt stick in log behind deer. Doe takes off where I can't see for all the brush. i check bolt has blood, so stick bolt in ground about where I figure she was and go pack my stuff up and walk back to barn where my jeep is. Unload my quad, chat with land owner for bit, get my dog out of jeep and we head back to spot. I show my girl the bolt and she smells the blood and off she goes in the correct direction. 50yds later she on top of deer,this is her 2nd deer she has tracked for me. 1st one was last year this time. shot through the heart and liver. Good size doe
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Good job nice dog

Great story, well done.

Awesome work enjoy the good eats.

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Congrats

Congrats. Great to get the dog involved.

Nice!. I got a good amount of does around in groups here as well.

She looks like a good size and awesome to get the pup involved. Congrats

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Nice going, good story, congrats to you and your dog :)

Good job nice to have dog find it quick.

Well done, Congrats!

Wtg and good shot. It can be hard enough in the rain to track a deer, a dog can make all the difference so long as you don't wait too long. Bears are even worse, I really hesitate to hunt them in the rain.
Buddy's young beagle saved an 8 pointer for me after the buck spotted me lifting the rifle resulting in not the best shot and then swam across a small pond, I got lucky and found two little barely pink wet spots and then across an open field with no blood sign at all, 3 of us looked hard for a good while before making the call to bud. We kept at it and eventually pushed it enough that it started bleeding heavy an hour later and finally couldn't go any further. It was my first time using a dog to track and we still lost the trail a few times and had to go back and let the dog find it again. I have no idea how common it is but the only thing that dog was interested in was the testicles, he just kept at it trying to rip the sac off until Scott tied him off so we could dress the deer. He brought his two young lads with him too, so it was a great lesson for them on tracking deer and they came in quite handy actually standing to mark the odd very small drop of blood we found even though I did have flagging tape.
Congrats again.

Nice deer! Can't shoot them from the couch!

smitty you are correct about sent washing away. in my area only about 10% leave fall, so not a lot on the ground. I'm always worried getting a deer in rain. as it turned out it wouldn't have been hard to find anyway, but dog was quick to take my concern away and good practice for her. She got some liver on site and helped me eat the heart for supper. She also got an extra cup of food when we got home and treats. I bring her with me every time I go. I turn her loose even if I see the deer fall. Always a training day. she isn't 2 yet so it good practice. While dragging out with quad she ran beside it pulling on its ears and even barked a couple times. i thing she thought it was going to get away

Way to go! Love the pic with the dog!

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Good work.

Congrats!!

Congrats to you and your dog, really nice pic with your dog standing there looking so proud

I am so happy they let bow hunters use dogs for tracking now, so many deer were lost in the past with fatal hits.

Great looking deer

Bows/crossbows will kill animals as quick as a rifle....no question. What crossbow/broadhead did you use to harvest your
deer?
Congrats!!

Nice doe congrats

Good for you for going out and sticking to your plan. Like you, I try to set a time limit in the stand and I give it a bit longer to make sure. Btw, your dog looks like a keeper!

Good eats , waiting till after my rifle hunt before I go with the Bow.
Lots of deer on my cameras.

Tough shot. Well done

I just use the excalibur broadheads. yes bow/xbows will make the same shot at a lot closer range, but I find that the deer will travel a lot further with bow then a gun. also I'm a ground hunter so there typically isn't any blood trail to speak of. I shot a big buck 3 years ago at edge of cut bean field, I double lunged it and it ran 400yds out into the field and there was not blood till I got within 20yds. I was glad that it stayed in the field. I agree that having dogs now help track is a great option.