My hunting companion, Kirk Musgrove, and I did it again. You may recognize the skinner rack in the below photo from the January 2024 Successful Whitetail Doe Hunt post. While there is only one deer hanging from the rack this time, she is much larger than the first two deer I shot.

Preparing For The Hunt

Before we leave camp, I power on the Pulsar Digex C50 scope and have Kirk turn on the scope’s wi-fi. About an hour before sunrise, Kirk and I climb into the deer stand. After I securely mount my Winchester XPR rifle to a BOG Death Grip tripod, Kirk launches the Stream Vision 2 application on an iPad and remotely connects to my scope. Lastly, I work the bolt to chamber a Remington Core-Lokt 300 Winchester Magnum 150 Grain Centerfire cartridge.

The Shot

Shortly after sunrise, Kirkstarted whispering, “We have several white tail deer coming towards us. I will locate the largest doe and tell you when to shoulder up.”

A few minutes later, Kirk says “Shoulder up and move towards the right. We will need to take our time. She is moving in-and-out of the trees to the far right. More right, a bit more right, on target.”

Kirk reminds me to make small adjustments now, whispering something like “down, left, up, right, down, left, hold, hold, and finally fire.”

The Wait

Kirk whispers, “I am sure we made a good shot, but I cannot see the deer. I am nearly 100% sure she dropped behind the bushes where we shot her.”

I now have a 30 minute wait, before we can go to verify we made a good shot.

Back in April 2024, in a No Turkeys No Problem post, I explained how I was concerned my blindness might add a variable to hunting that would result in a poor placed shot. At that time, Kirk and I had made three shots and ethically killed three animals. During our prior hunts, Kirk had never lost sight of the two white tail doe or the black buck doe we had shot.

I could only hope that this was not my first non-killing shot, resulting in us having to track a wounded animal.

The Recovery

No tracking was necessary as we found the doe right behind the bushes where we shot her. Finally, Kirk could congratulate me on another great shot.

You can read the hunting page to learn about my limited success as an early childhood low vision hunter or check out all the hunting post to learn how I now hunt totally blind with the assistance from my hunting companion, Kirk Musgrove.