Okay so I went to Franklin Nebraska with my father in law Bryan and husband Hunter. We left on Thursday the 10th and got there the 11th. We set our blinds out and sat on top of a hill so we could see lots of country. We saw a bunch of deer that day...but it was Friday...opening day was Saturday. Let me just tell you Saturday - Thursday that is 6 days....we hunted 2 times a day... morning and afternoon. 4 hours in morning 4 hours in the evening...that is 8 hours a day that is 48 hours total that I SPENT IN A deer blind...now you know why I am letting my darling husband hunt the OV <- which is our land in West Texas. ANYWAYS! I hunted Saturday morning with my father in law...Saturday evening by myself. Sunday morning I went to a different spot and knew that this was the spot I would shoot my BIG deer! Sunday morning I was with Hunter and we set in a chair blind which is for 1 not 2 but we made it work! We saw 3 doe and that was it. Sunday evening I sat out ready at 2pm. I brought my water, my self, my gun, my tripod, and my binoculars...I was good! Well at 4:15 this big mama doe and her fawn came out and started to eat the alphalpha. About 2 minutes after this little forked horn came out and was kind checking this doe out. Well as soon as he came out they started to look back from where the doe and fawn came from and out WALKED this 8 point. I got ready and kept telling myself "hes bigger in person" he was way bigger then all the deer out there...and I say bigger because his body..he weighed about 230lbs. WAY bigger. So his antlers didn't look as big as a Texas Deer because his body was just massive....Anyways..I see him look at him with my binoculars once get him lined up as he is quartering away from be at about 225-230 yards and I will admit I was a bit excited and I shot and I missed....first time to ever happen to me and I promise the last. Well I shot and he just stood there STIll looking at that doe so I shucked another one in and got lined up good this time and shot! I knew I hit him that time but he jumped up and ran up the trees. I called my father in law and I waited then him and Hunter came out and we looked for about an hour and a half....and nada. We could not find him. I was so bummed and pissed and sad. Anyways...as the boys doubted me all I could think about was the huge deer I had in my scope. I MEAN THAT'S ALL I COULD THINK ABOUT. Anyways so I continued to hunt. My father in law told me I could have hit him but he didn't think he was drying somewhere. That's why I continued to hunt. Well Thursday morning I went and set with Bryan and it was about 15 degrees! It was so cold and we were delirious! But a nice buck came out and he wasn't planning on stopping so Bryan grunted at him at about 125 yards and he stopped and he was head on at me so I shot right below his neck and he ran off. When he ran off it looked like his shoulder was broken. BUT again WE COULDN'T find him.....this time I was just discouraged and didn't want to hunt anymore. I went back to the motel and they talked me into going out that last time. They were walking through these ravines to push something out because I had shot 2 deer and had 0 meet and Hunter hadn't shot anything either! Well as they are looking Bryan sees these crows a bunch of them and comes up on them and whatdyaknow! Its me deer! He had gone about 3quartes of a mile! I was just so happy they found him because I told them I hit him and that he would die somewhere! I just didn't realize how nice his rack was going to be in person! So excited! Yeah I do feel bad that I shot 2 deer and some will say that I should have set out for the rest of the hunt but I don't care! It wasn't their hunt, and they're not me! So just be happy for me because I am!
