Post by: Bill Carlsen on October 03, 2005, 10:00:00 PM
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I was on my stand behind a former neighbor's home and I had my wife Laura on another stand by an apple tree about a mile away where I shot a spike horn two weeks ago. I was trying to be nice and put her in the best stand. At around 6 PM I took my bow off its hook so as to have it in hand. Last Jan. I had catarac surgery and periodically have to moisten my eye with drops and my eye started to get that "feeling" so I hung my bow back up and proceeded to out in the eye drops. The squirrels were very busy that afternoon and as I was putting eye drops back in my pocket glanced over my shoulder to see how many squirrels were making all the racket. I was surprised to see a nice ten pointer approaching directly towards my stand about 40 yards away. As I reached for my bow he looked my way so I froze. It seemed like several minutes before I had the bow in hand and the deer was still headed my way. As I reached for the string the arrow fell off the rest and fell to the ground. I am glad it wasn't aluminum as the deer just looked at the base of my tree and acted as if it was just another acorn dropping to the ground. Then the game continued and I had to now get another arrow from my quiver hanging on the tree next to me. Getting the arrow without alarming him went well but I had to take my eye off of him for a few seconds to be sure it was nocked correctly. When I looked back at him he was walking towards a distant oak and I knew it was now or never. He was perfectly broadside as he was turning. I lifted my bow and realized that I would have to take a sitiiing shot as there was a leafless branch I had to shoot under and clear if the shot was to be successful. His eyes seemed to meet mine as I released the arrow aiming for his lower chest. At first I feared I had undershot him but the lumenok disappeared right where his heart should be. He seemed unhurt as he slowly turned and trotted to the edge of the "hell hole" of a swamp he had emerged from. I prayed for him not to get to the swamp as I have trailed deer in there before and hated it. When he got to the edge of the swamp after a 40 yard "run" he stopped and seemed to be puzzled as to what had just happened. A few looks around and he fell over dead! I paced the shot at 22 yards and he died in just a few seconds. Dressing him I discovered that I had indeed centered his heart. I took one picture exactly as I found him.
I am pleased I have finally figured out how to post my own pics and it is late. If you have ??'s please post them here and will do my best in the morning to bring you up to speed.
Post by: bluegrassbowhunter on October 03, 2005, 10:03:00 PM
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Post by: longbowhntr on October 03, 2005, 10:10:00 PM
But did your wife really beleive you put her in the best stand after she saw that deer? :bigsmyl:
Mine probably wouldn't. :)
David
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Post by: the Ferret on October 03, 2005, 11:28:00 PM
Love all the ferns.we don't have ferns.
Post by: stikbow on October 03, 2005, 11:30:00 PM
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Post by: nick_the_tinkerer on October 04, 2005, 12:09:00 AM
congrats awsome new england buck.. :thumbsup:
Post by: RobJ on October 04, 2005, 01:16:00 AM
:thumbsup:
Post by: Razorbak on October 04, 2005, 01:25:00 AM
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Post by: woodchucker on October 04, 2005, 06:28:00 AM
Happy Hunting!!! Chuck
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David
Post by: mtquivers on October 04, 2005, 07:03:00 AM
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Originally posted by Charlie Lamb:LMAO!! Man if I had a dollar for everytime I've dropped an arrow!! Nice buck!!
I usually just throw my best arrow on the ground when I get in stand... saves a lot of trouble! :D
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Post by: JC on October 04, 2005, 07:11:00 AM
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Post by: Ray Lyon on October 04, 2005, 11:31:00 AM
Cogratulations!
Post by: kyle on October 04, 2005, 11:33:00 AM
Post by: hickstick on October 04, 2005, 12:27:00 PM
Season doesn't start til the 17th down here.
Post by: Bill Carlsen on October 04, 2005, 01:00:00 PM
I put her there the next evening and four bear show up! A sow with 3 cubs so no shooting possibilities for her. They were feeding on acorns and the gutpile. I sat there again last night and nothing showed. I had a dentist appt. this AM so stopped by to see what sign had been left since the night before...the bear had obviously been back eating acorns. There was bear scat under one of the producing oaks.
Laura's reaction to the stand? Well, I have proposed a plan whereby we devise a system to determine who gets to hunt it first. When an animal is killed it is then relinquished to the other spouse. Sounds fair to me. Laura is considering it. I vowed long ago never to let my bestest of friends use my treestands because they always seem to take over. Well, guess what ? Now I have a REAL problem!
Post by: Bill Carlsen on October 04, 2005, 01:16:00 PM
Hope this does not gross anyone out.
By the way, I shot the deer with my DAS Kinetics bow, 58", 60# @ 28", 29" Beman Max 4 340 arrow, 100 grain brass inserts, Phantom 125 head and lumenoks to show me the way. Can't say enough good things about this bow. Absolutely the best hunting bow I have ever shot.
Charlie, I used to do really well on my second shot at most 3d shoots so I would usually just take arrow #1 and throw it to the ground before taking my "second" shot. I was fortunate on two counts when the arrow fell.One was that it did not hit the metal platform of the stand and secondly it was carbon not aluminum as I am sure it would have spooked him if it had been aluminum. The shaft actually bounced off of an exposed root.
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Post by: Paws on October 05, 2005, 06:23:00 PM
Bill ... Walt and I sending our congratulations !!! :wavey:
Post by: Jim Reamey on October 08, 2005, 04:49:00 PM
I read the story the other day, but couldn't get the pictures to load until today. Nice Buck and great Shot!! :thumbsup:
God Bless!
Jim
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Post by: kcdaniels on October 09, 2005, 08:30:00 AM
I'm glad I'm not the only one to drop arrows out of the stand LOL congrats!
Dan
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Post by: Bill Carlsen on October 09, 2005, 07:12:00 PM
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