It's been a while since I've been on TradGang. Hope you are all well. Hope to be back in the area now...
Good season thus far. 7 down in TN
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It was one of those still mornings when you feel like the sound of your own breath will wake the entire forest. It was, as Dickens wrote, "summer in the light and winter in the shade;" crisp and cool for the first morning this fall.
I expected to see deer any minute. Everything was perfect, yet the first four didn't arrive until 7:43. Two does and two fawns came in fully alert. The first doe looked straight at me and began the head bob. I assumed that the gig was up. She even stomped the ground several times. I dug deep into my Ranger Ninja bag of discipline and froze. I refused to even blink, and eventually she decided to eat an acorn.
The biggest doe, the one I wanted, came in last. She finally worked her way into a position for a good shot and fate favored me. All four had their heads down, so I drew the bow. She did not flinch. The arrow disappeared through her, and when she ran I saw it lying on the ground drenched in blood.
Content with another deer down, I relaxed in the stand, but the morning was just getting started. At 8:13 another doe approached from the opposite direction. She was coming straight at me, but I knew that as soon as she smelt the blood she would run. I had to get the shot before she reached the arrow. She was five yards from my bloody arrow when she spooked but she didn't run, and that proved to be her fatal mistake. I drew the bow, set the gap, and once again got a clean pass through. My arrow stuck in the ground on the opposite side of her.
I ended up seeing ten deer and killed my sixth and seventh of the season. Freezer is looking better every day.
Wow, what a day! Congrats and thanks for sharing!!!
Great job Jimmy, what bow are you shootin there?
Way to go, Jimmy!
Congrats X 7!
Bisch
That's a Martin X-200 I took the first one with my Titan III, then four with a Samick Verna longbow and woodies, then two with this Martin and tomorrow I'm taking my Yew self bow.
Congrats
That's awesome!! Congrats
Congrats Jimmy, great shooting....of course!
Congrats!
Congrats Jimmy, I am happy to see you posting here again.
Excellent viusual details, depictions and harvests.
Many of us have sincerely missed you Jimmy and are thrilled that you have retired and have now returned to your family and beloved familiar grounds.
Congratulations,honor and gratitude are extended to you for many things and includes your selfless dertermined service to our country.
You my friend are a machine, Big Congrats :thumbsup:
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Great season Jimmy. Nice to see you posting again. Congrats Jeff
Good to have you back Jimmy...Tradgang is the best site for trad bowhunters in my opinion....
congrats
You are a killing machine, Jimmy.. :)