Bowhunting tonight. Called it quits because too much neighbor activity. Climbed out of stand at about 520pm. Stood by truck near some hardwoods where deer normally cross ditch. At 540pm, 4 Does were just about walking right at me. I quickly took off the quiver, knocked an arrow. Stood right beside the driver door of the truck and as soon as the first big Doe crossed the ditch, I let her have it. 37 yards. She'll be going to Arkansas to my wife's uncle in trade for some walleye and bass.

Glad you got one, I didn't even get out this weekend.

Good shooting, Doc. You were at the right place at the right time. Funny how they don't fear vehicles.. I try park the 4-wheeler some distance away and one evening returned to jump up a deer 10 or 15 yards from it.

Penny

I know alot of folks that have taken many deer from a vehicle (while parked not road hunting). As long as we are on private property here we can legally sit in our trucks on right-of-ways for gas and power lines. Makes for a cozy sit when it's raining out. You are right Plinker, the deer are usually not alarmed by vehicles, I've killed a pile of them out of trucks while parked on ROWs and they just walk out stop and look offering plenty of time for a good shot. If it were a person just standing therem they'd probably cut a back flip and get out of Dodge.

Doc is the first to make a bow kill from the truck I've heard of . If he could just get them to get in the back end first then he'd have it down .

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Now now, I wasn't IN the truck. I was standing right next to it getting ready to put everything away. I layed the quiver on the hood. I was STANDING right beside the driver door when I released the arrow.

That is a first for me! Talk about easy. I shoot a doe, gut her on the spot, back my truck up 37 yards, and load her up. I was done with all that in 8 minutes.

Sounds like a gift deer to me,Way to go!A doe in the truck is worth more than a buck in the woods i always say!Congrates and go get another one!

Doc, it doesn't get much easier than that.

I had a similar instance happen when I first began bow hunting. I got out of the truck in a gas well sight and as soon as I stepped out I could hear footsteps in the dry leaves near the well sight so, I grabbed an arrow and a doe popped out about 30 yards away and I clean missed about 1 foot left and she ran back into the brush. The leaves were so dry I could hear her walking paralel to the dirt road and I stalked along side then she tried to cross the road again and another miss 1 foot left. That was when I learned the novice lesson of tuning broadheads and that field tips don't always shoot the same as BHs in an improperly tuned bow. Oh well, had to learn the game somehow.

Good Luck

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