Archery Buck Down!

Anyone who knows Regina, knows her love for bow hunting! Over the past few seasons she has tuned herself into a bow hunting bad ass, consistently putting bucks on the ground!! She puts in countless hours tweaking her gear, trying new equipment, and shooting. She went into this season with a new bow and as she shot it more and more, it became evident that she and her weapon were getting along just fine. She went with the new Mathew's Monster Chill SDX, and it's a shooter!  She is shooting Easton Axis arrows and decided on 85 grain Thunderhead's to tip them. The set up was perfect as we set off to the hills for the opening weekend.

We stalked a couple great bucks on Saturday morning but bumped a doe in the process. The doe ran right into the pocket that the two bucks were in and blew them out of the country, strike one! We spotted several other legal deer that we could have easily made a play on but they just weren't what we were looking for!

Around noon on Saturday we went for a walk and found a nice 2 X 3 bedded on a ridge with a couple does about 200 yards away. The wind was right and I sat back and watched as Regina put a text book stalk on them closing the distance to a mere 15 yards! As she rose to settle her pin on the un-suspecting buck the wind swirled and off they went. It was an awesome stalk and I got to watch the entire thing unfold.

We continued hunting and passed up several more deer during the early afternoon. Around 5:00 PM, Regina spotted a nice 3 X 3 bedded on the hill side and it was game on! I watched the entire thing as she closed the 120 yard distance, sneaking right into his bedroom! She snuck into 40 yards and waited for the buck to stand for what seemed like an eternity but was probably only a couple minutes. The buck stood and turned back to the right, behind the bush he was laying under, but he was not bothered much and started to feed up hill. Regina took a couple steps to ensure a solid shot, settled her pin and let the Thunderhead tipped Axis fly! It was a perfect double lung shot and the rest is history!! I couldn't be more proud of her, she did everything perfect and ended up with a great buck.

We hunted the rest of the weekend and I came home with my tag still in my pocket. If I'm lucky maybe she will give me a few pointers and I will get to punch a tag as well.  We have a few weeks left before we head to Idaho for our annual archery mule deer hunt so we will see what happens and I will keep you posted.