I tried to hold out

 I did... I really did try to hold out but I just couldn't pass this deer again, it's like he wanted to die. Monday I was in my stand and had a yearling doe start down the trail from my right to left. While I was watching her I kept an eye on where she came from, and sure enough out pops a buck. Well, this buck was taking the same track the doe was until he stopped... Then he just ran for no apparent reason all the way to the left of me. He knew something was wrong just not sure what it was, until I slid the bolt behind his front shoulder. He only made it 25-30 yards before he went down, the good thing is now the pressures off and I can start concentrating on duck and goose season. 

I forgot my camera and took this one with my phone, if you look you can see the exit hole in shoulder.

Tuesday I went back down to Fort Wayne for a little duck hunt before getting my tires rotated and balanced, then after that I had an appointment to get my brake controller connected. I looked and looked and could not find the plug in for the supposed plug and play controller. It only took the professional about 15-20 minutes to find it and cost me 15$, best 15$ I spent this week. Oh yeah, I didn't see a bird on Tuesday.

Wednesday I went over to Loon lake for my second first outing with the boat. This day went much better then last week, I actually made it across the lake to my spot and was able to put this guy in the boat.

When I got home I trimmed my hedges and bushes and mowed my lawn, hopefully for the last time this year. Then I headed over to Jake's house for some grill pizza's and steak, good friends and good eats. I'll probably head out during muzzleloader season to try for a doe. The other thing is I am really going to try to let the smaller deer pass next year and take a bigger one. I realize I say that every year but I am going to put more faith in the power of Halloween and the first week or two of November next year.