Outdoor CSBs

So that things like deer getting another breath of Got Damn air and frying pan kills won't be lost.....


Arrow #1 hits vine and deflects into deer's hips. Deer begins crawling on front legs through palmetto.

I climb down and sneak through palmetto after deer that moves every time I get close.

I manage two more poor shots. Deer looks like pin cushion. Back straps likely ruined at this point.

Deer swims across 5' deep 15 yard wide slough. Gets hung up in cypress knees under huge tree.

I retrieve arrow #1(I'm out) and take a shot across slough. Deer makes horrible noise. He now looks like a bull near the end of a Spanish bull fight.

I find a way around slough to deer. I fashion a spear out of a gerber knife and sapling. Poking a hole in chest does not work well. Deer is staring at me.

I take knife off and decide to slit deer's throat. Grab antler. Deer jerks free with such speed and force that I expect to see my fingers flying through the air like the picture on the trolling motor bracket.

Deer has had enough of close combat and begins swimming down middle of slough toward huge brake. I fear he is gone forever.

Deer gets caught in buttonwood and either drowns or water fills holes I've made in body.

I get down to tighty whiteys and wade out to deer. Slough is covered in duck weed and it's January. It is now two hours after shot #1.

After cutting off all 4 legs and field dressing, I drag deer over 1 mile to parking lot. My legs are cramping so bad I must walk backwards for last 1/4 mile.


Get to friend's camp. I am covered in mud, blood and duckweed. He had no hot water. We boil water in crawfish cooker for bath.