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Title: Ground venison ala Thunderstick MOAB
Post by: 2-BIG on October 12, 2008, 07:09:00 AM: I went out to my 160 acre farm for an evening hunt, and what a hunt it turned out to be. :scared:
She blew and took 2 bounds and then just stood looking around. She was confused as to what I was so she just slowly walked off into the woods.
10 minutes later I caught movement again in the same direction that the fawn had come from and a big doe stood 20 yards away, looking in my direction. She stood there for a long time and I was wondering what she was looking at so I turned my head to the right and there he was, an 8pt buck! :eek:
He was cautiously was walking towards the doe and trying to look in the corn to see what the doe had been suspiscious of. Soon he was about 3 yards away from me and 1 step from being in my only shooting lane. As he entered the shooting lane I slowly began to draw but he caught movement and took a few bounds into the woods. :banghead:
This was the same 8pt that I had the encounter with earlier this week but believe me, he seemed much larger and had more mass than I remembered. Maybe it is because I was on the ground this time instead of in a tree. :confused:
Anyways, I watched him casually walk off through the woods so he didn't seem really spooked.
5 minutes later I saw several deer comming out of the woods about 40 yards away. The first one to walk by me was a doe fawn, but the 2nd one was a big doe that was limping really bad.
I decided right away to take her and not wait to see if the buck would come back out.
She was along the edge of the woods 18 yards away and I picked a spot, drew, and released. The arrow hit her in the shoulder blade and dropped her in her tracks. I quickly ran up and put a finishing shot into her and she expired within a few seconds.
Turns out that she had an old injury and she was missing her leg from about half way from the knee joint to her foot. The skin had grown over it but she acted like it really hurt to walk. Here's tripod..............
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v447/2-BIG/DSC01615.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v447/2-BIG/DSC01614.jpg)
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Post by: 2-BIG on October 12, 2008, 07:12:00 AM: The morning after breakfast:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v447/2-BIG/DSC01619.jpg)
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Post by: Curveman on October 12, 2008, 07:17:00 AM: Congratulations and I applaud you for doing the right thing! :thumbsup:
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Post by: Ray on October 12, 2008, 08:04:00 AM: :clapper: :clapper:
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Post by: Benny Nganabbarru on October 12, 2008, 08:11:00 AM: :clapper:
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Post by: kenscollick on October 12, 2008, 08:23:00 AM: Very nice Jim. When did you get the "Arrow Bow" ?
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Post by: DEATHMASTER on October 12, 2008, 08:37:00 AM: Looks like a very nice Doe.
Congradulations!!!
Tim
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Post by: JoeM on October 12, 2008, 10:02:00 AM: Great story thanks for sharing! Very cool pics these deer never stop amazing me with there adaptiveness and tenacity to live. Joe
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Post by: longbowben on October 12, 2008, 10:02:00 AM: Congeats I love that bow uncover that beast.
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Post by: Focusource on October 12, 2008, 10:05:00 AM: Great hunt!
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Post by: bowhunterfrompast on October 12, 2008, 10:17:00 AM: Congrats :thumbsup:
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Post by: 2-BIG on October 12, 2008, 10:30:00 AM: Quote
Originally posted by kenscollick:
Very nice Jim. When did you get the "Arrow Bow" ?
Ken, I bought it at the MTB Banquet a couple years ago and you were the auctioneer. ;)
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Post by: 2-BIG on October 12, 2008, 10:36:00 AM: Quote
Originally posted by longbowben:
Congeats I love that bow uncover that beast.
Here ya go Ben! :bigsmyl:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v447/2-BIG/DSC01073.jpg)
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Post by: longbowben on October 12, 2008, 10:52:00 AM: :bigsmyl: :bigsmyl:
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Post by: kenscollick on October 12, 2008, 11:00:00 AM: Thanks for the reminder Jim, they say the second thing to go is your mind, I dont remember the first.
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Post by: Interseptor on October 12, 2008, 11:23:00 AM: Great Hunt! I love that bow but that breakfast is really something else! Now I'm hungry!
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Post by: Chris Surtees on October 12, 2008, 11:42:00 AM: :thumbsup: :archer:
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Post by: Jim@ThunderStick on October 12, 2008, 07:13:00 PM: Way to go Jim. I love it when a friend makes meat with one of my bows. Congrats. C ya in a couple weeks.
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Post by: JEFF B on October 12, 2008, 07:25:00 PM: now thats awesome!! :clapper: :clapper: well done
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Post by: Ybuck on October 12, 2008, 07:26:00 PM: Great story, fantastic harvest! Congratulations!
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Post by: coconutdave on October 12, 2008, 07:27:00 PM: Very cool!
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Post by: 2-BIG on October 12, 2008, 07:41:00 PM: Thanks guys, I get just as much of a thrill shooting a doe as I do shooting a buck, unless it's a buck like Longbow Ben's! :D
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Post by: DRR324 on October 12, 2008, 09:30:00 PM: Congrat Jim,
Another Michigan guy getting it done. I was out once this week- no deer sightings. Neighbor tells me one of the big boys is splitting him time in his woods and my small swamp. Trying hard not to overhunt it- with very few stand locations. I'll stay after em tho'
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Post by: Drew on October 13, 2008, 08:31:00 AM: Congrats JIM!!! That breakfest looked awesome too!

:thumbsup: :notworthy:
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Post by: Tim Fishell on October 13, 2008, 08:34:00 AM: Congrats again Jim!! :thumbsup:
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Post by: vermonster13 on October 13, 2008, 08:42:00 AM: Congrats!
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Post by: Gatekeeper on October 13, 2008, 08:51:00 AM: Congratulations! Big fat doe :thumbsup: she looks good on the plate too.
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Post by: tradtusker on October 13, 2008, 09:56:00 AM: awesome great job! nice shooting :thumbsup:
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Post by: buckshot95 on October 13, 2008, 10:44:00 AM: congrats man great story!!
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Post by: JimmyC on October 13, 2008, 03:39:00 PM: Now that is hunting! Heck of a shot too!!

Jim
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Post by: bentpole on October 13, 2008, 04:22:00 PM: Congrats on a great hunt and the MOJO on your MOAB. Jim Reynolds makes a hec of a bow.
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Post by: 2-BIG on October 13, 2008, 07:10:00 PM: Quote
Originally posted by bentpole:
Congrats on a great hunt and the MOJO on your MOAB. Jim Reynolds makes a hec of a bow.
I just can't express how thoroughly impressed I am with my MOAB. It is just flat out an awesome shooter and it even makes "me" look like a good shot! :readit: :thumbsup: