First time
One year ago today: 10-03-22
Fist time bow hunter!
First sit this year!
First time shooting a deer with a bow!
First Buck!
First time and did it right!
First time seeing a dog work!
First time I really felt Dio was with us! (last paragraph)
The hunter informed me his shot a tad back and that the arrow passed completely thru. The hunter investigated the hit site found stomach material on the arrow and had found a little bit of blood on the standing beans near by. Luckily the hunters brother had utilized us (Team Dio) in the past and he knew in this situation a WAIT was mandatory. A call was made to me and it was agreed that Team Jewel would appear shortly sometime a bit after dark. I must admit I was VERY IMPRESSED by the hunters patience and endurance during THE WAIT. I find at times it is even hard for veteran hunters to endure THE WAIT, they even sometimes end starting too soon and end up jumping the deer! The hunter admitted this WAIT wasnât easy, luckily we told him it was through the day and not the night. đ Itâs very hard to sleep during THE WAIT! Oh another point of interest was the hunters brother informed me that we had a green light to enter upon the neighboring landowners property, they wisely had contacted them BEFORE we arrived. đđ
Arriving a little after the sun set and making our way to the hit site some 13 hours later, l found that the soybean field we was starting in would be very dry. Jewel definitely struggled (as I figured she would) at the beginning, knowing this fact and having ten years experience behind Dio I knew I would have to remain calm and patient here, giving Jewel all the time she needed to get locked on to the scent of this deer. After a 10-20 minute struggle, Jewel locked on and began advancing her way through the field the direction the buck had ran earlier. Every once in a while I was able to make out a smear of blood on a soybean leaf or stem (itâs very difficult to see dried blood on standing beans). The hun