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    Late Season Doe Down For The Freezer!!!!!

    I finally put another doe down for the freezer. I shot it at last light this evening (Friday). It was freezing out there. I actually started getting down and was half way down the ladder when I saw 3 does coming about 40 yards away. I climbed back slowly up into the stand thinking there was no way I would get a shot. They actually stopped and were looking at me as I was climbing back up. I sat down and brought my bow up and hooked on my release just in case. The two fawns came in stomping there feet the whole way and the big doe hung back a bit. Light was fading fast. The big doe started coming closer, high stepping the whole way in and looking my way so I couldn't draw. She finally turned and started walking away stomping her feet the whole way. She was at 20 yards and I put my pin on her and let it fly. She took off like a bolt of lightning and I heard her crash about 60 yards away. I immediately got down and retrieved my arrow which was soaked with blood from tip to tip. It was so cold that all the blood on the arrow was completely frozen only about 1 minute after the shot. I tracked her down and gutted her. I was only about 200 yards away from my car and the drag was all down hill on the snow covered ground so it was an easy drag. But, my right hand was frozen solid by the time I got to my car. My hand hurt so bad it felt like it was going to explode. Anyone have any ideas on how to avoid this. It is over three hours later and my finger tips still ache. I didn't get any pics tonight but I will in the morning before I take her to be processed.

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    Well congrats
    has for the hands, something to think about next time, is if possible, drag deer closer to cat/truck, before gutting, then you won't have as long till you get to the truck, to wash and warm the hands back up
    or just wear good glozes
    a fresh kill, normally there pretty arm blooded yet, and if you can just remove gloves, and put back on warm one's, all is good again!

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    Here are a couple pics. Sorry for the staging but I couldn't get any out in the field.
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails doe20141.jpg   doe20142.jpg  

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    Congrats!!!
    “I don't partake in assembly-line convenience. I don't say that killing things is bad while I hire people to kill things for me.” ~ Ted Nugent

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    Nice work!

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