TXGunNut
12-13-2014, 12:53 AM
I was sitting in a stand six days ago with a nice spike buck in the cooler and a little time to kill. Thumper was in one corner of the stand, my bad weather Ruger 77 was in another. Was hoping to see the huge boar I'd seen twice already but always too far, always too dark or foggy. Feeder went off promptly at 5P and less than a minute later a mature doe tiptoed out into the sendero and without hesitation, busted me. :shock: She looked directly at the stand, made eye contact with a stern look and went about feeding on the corn my brother had spread earlier. I had to chuckle, I was here for the show. :popcorn: Less than a minute later a very light colored yearling doe came to join her. I'll call her the teenager, the mature doe I've named Momma Doe. They both fed on the corn in the sendero but at every little noise Mamma Doe would raise her head and would never go than a minute without a hard stare in my direction. [smilie=s: The teenager was oblivious and kept feeding. After the second or third time that Momma alerted and teenager kept feeding Momma Doe reached over with her hoof and smacked the teenager on her forehead! :bigsmyl2: I was watching thru my binocs and had to stifle a good belly laugh. Momma Doe didn't catch me laughing but she kept an eye on me, nonetheless. Then an adorable pair of twin fawns came out to join their mom and older sister. One was a button buck, the other a doe fawn. They were very attentive to Momma Doe and stayed very close to her and each other. Teenager eventually hopped into the pen around the feeder to continue to feed. I watched this sweet little family for awhile and enjoyed the show for over 25 minutes. I'll give the teeenager credit, she alerted on something west of her twice when Momma Doe didn't. Momma Doe did, however, keep me on my toes. She would whip her head up and stare at the stand every minute or so, also in the direction of most any unusual sound. After about 30 minutes something to the west of them spooked Momma Doe good and they all left quickly.
About 10 minutes later they returned. First Momma Doe...busted again! Then the teenager and finally the twins. I got to enjoy their company for another 10 minutes, with Momma Doe keeping a close eye on me. I finally found out what they were alerting on when a threesome of large sows came out into the sendero between me and Momma Doe's little clan.
I figured it was getting dark, show was over, so I reached for Thumper and busted the lead sow.
Goodnite, Momma Doe. Until we meet again. Does like her are why I only shoot unaccompanied or "dry" does. Momma Doe is obviously a good mother and will hopefully raise many fine offspring.
About 10 minutes later they returned. First Momma Doe...busted again! Then the teenager and finally the twins. I got to enjoy their company for another 10 minutes, with Momma Doe keeping a close eye on me. I finally found out what they were alerting on when a threesome of large sows came out into the sendero between me and Momma Doe's little clan.
I figured it was getting dark, show was over, so I reached for Thumper and busted the lead sow.
Goodnite, Momma Doe. Until we meet again. Does like her are why I only shoot unaccompanied or "dry" does. Momma Doe is obviously a good mother and will hopefully raise many fine offspring.