And it only took 32 years haha. The spike came in around 10 am shortly after another spike, and it immediately chased off a doe with two fawns. I used the distraction to ready the crossbow. He came to a stop presenting broadside at 15 yards. I took a breath to steady my aim and pulled the trigger.
He just kind of flinched and then ran, but caught the barbed wire on the way out. I lost sight of him pretty quick with all the brush around but heard him running north before curling west, and then it sounded like it was flailing or ran through a bush or something. At first I thought I missed but the bolt was laying pretty much where I'd aimed and it was bright red with blood.
The blood trail was extremely light and it took 4 of us about 45 minutes to track it down. The shot was a pass through both lungs, a little high on the entry side and it ran about 200 yards. He was 100 lbs on the dot.
He just kind of flinched and then ran, but caught the barbed wire on the way out. I lost sight of him pretty quick with all the brush around but heard him running north before curling west, and then it sounded like it was flailing or ran through a bush or something. At first I thought I missed but the bolt was laying pretty much where I'd aimed and it was bright red with blood.
The blood trail was extremely light and it took 4 of us about 45 minutes to track it down. The shot was a pass through both lungs, a little high on the entry side and it ran about 200 yards. He was 100 lbs on the dot.
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