I really enjoy Virginia's Urban Archery season, and the chance to start bowhunting in early September. But my first three outings were spent either not seeing deer or having the ones I did glimpse smell me and flee.
After striking out Saturday morning, I told Elaine I wanted to give the evening a try, though we were both skeptical of any success. But at 5:50 P.M. while afield in Roanoke County, I saw four deer walking through a backyard about 80 yards away.
One of those does appeared before me at 6:10, and upon shooting my crossbow, I heard the resounding thump of a lung shot. Elaine and I spent about three hours Saturday evening butchering the deer and will finish the task on Sunday. She likes to let the meat set up overnight in a cooler.
It's always a thrill to kill that first deer of the season
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