I've gained so much knowledge here and through the PBS. THANK YOU. :archer: This ayem it paid off. (http://%20[url=http://s1228.photobucket.com/user/jimavelis/media/2016%2010%20point.jpg.html%5D%20%20%5Bimg%5Dhttp://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/ee458/jimavelis/2016%2010%20point.jpg)[/url] [/IMG] Mac, (John McCreary) it was great that you were one of the first to respond. I owe getting back into hunting to you, bow hunting all the more. My bride was already off to work when I woke up, so quick coffee, bowl of oatmeal, dressed and out the door. I've done most of my hunting within 4 miles of home for 30 years +-. so I know the turf pretty well. After the beans came out, the farmer planted rye as a cover crop, taking the bean stubble down really short. It was a quick, quiet 300 yard walk to where I'd built a ground blind. This was my first ayem hunt there, and I found myself backlit by the morning sun. Scooting over 5 feet took care of that, and I still had a good view of the travel lanes in front of me. Nothing but squirrels for a long time. Geese overhead and some crows and blackbirds on the wing. I saw movement in the wood lot and saw white tines moving west to east, about 60 yards out. Nose down, looking for a doe that had come thru earlier perhaps. He continued, I rattled and grunted, he continued. Five later he's 30 yards east of me(calm winds this morning) and turns east again. rattle, grunt once he's out of sight. Nothing. 5 later, GRUNT.RIGHT.HERE. off to my right, east, here he comes, down his rub line. 10 more steps, GRUNT! 5 more steps, arrow is away with a thwack! from hitting the rib on the far side of the chest. He hauls tail north to the sanctuary. I watch him and my arrow slip through the honeysuckle. shake, worry, grin, wait, text son, worry, think it over, wait... Time's up. Head for the place I saw him last. Mistake(more later). I find blood, then my arrow with the purple Delta on the front. I look up ahead and smile. He's down. An hour drag back to where I can get the truck to, an hour figuring how to get him in by myself(I'll be buying something to help with that). When we come to my blind, I see blood, 10 yards from my seat. A huge spray with hair in it. If I'd gone there first, there would have been NO worry. Zwickey Delta caught both lungs a bit high and back, but plenty enough damage.
Great buck Jim!! You'll have to bring the rack to the Wild Game Dinner in March. Very happy for you my friend. Congratulations!
Mike
Congrats! Great buck. Yes this forum and the PBS are two things I am very proud to be members of.
Beautiful buck. Congratulations.
Nice, congrats! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Love how that worked out Jim. You have a whole bunch of this to look forward to in the future.
Congratulations.
That's a dandy, congrats!
Atta'boy!
Tim
Simply excellent!
Nice congratulations!!!
That's a dandy. Congrats.
Right on!
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Nice Buck.
Congrats!
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Thanks, guys. My 1st trad deer, and certainly my peronal high point.
Congrats!!
That's a beaut! I love those brow tines.
Thanks for sharing!
Good one...Congrats!
Great first Trad deer, congrats!
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Congratualtions on a fine buck and story.
Great buck Jim congratulations.
Well done!! That is great buck and a great story to do him justice.
Awesome buck, well done!
Wow what a deer.
You are welcome !
And Congrats !!!
Great job taking a nice buck from the ground. Congrats.