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Title: Passed on an iffy shot...
Post by: **DONOTDELETE** on October 04, 2008, 10:28:00 AM
Howdy Folks....I haven't posted much lately, new job has been crushing me. But I got out this morning, and had a nice wide rack buck come through....I came to full draw but my brain was saying "no" so I held off. He was a great buck, and would have been my best ever with a bow. Maybe tonight he will pause in the right spot! ;0)  :)
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Post by: Charlie Lamb on October 04, 2008, 10:54:00 AM
Great self discipline!!  :thumbsup:    :archer:
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Post by: **DONOTDELETE** on October 04, 2008, 11:29:00 AM
Thanks Charlie!
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Post by: John3 on October 04, 2008, 11:46:00 AM
Very good.. Taking an iffy shot is not worth taking. Getting close is good enough. I always tell myself that one of these days "it will work out"...


JDSIII
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Post by: mscampbell75 on October 04, 2008, 12:19:00 PM
Hopefully you will be rewarded tonight for makeing the right decision this morning.   :thumbsup:
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Post by: Tim Fishell on October 04, 2008, 12:55:00 PM
Good to hear your getting out a little Roger!!  Keep at him you'll come through.  Good luck bud!
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Post by: **DONOTDELETE** on October 04, 2008, 01:32:00 PM
Hey Tim - I hope your season is going well so far. Ron is still up at ShrewHaven, he was trying to fill a bear tag, and he and Nancy are deer hunting now. I am betting no bear, or I would have heard from him by now. Cell phone coverage is almost nonexistant up there.

Keep shootin' them Shrew's!   ;)
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Post by: Jason R. Wesbrock on October 04, 2008, 01:45:00 PM
Roger,

Well done. Like I've said before; I've never once regretted not dropping the string.
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Post by: O.L. Adcock on October 04, 2008, 02:06:00 PM
Well done. At least you know he's still out there. I passed a shot on a 400 class bull at 30 yards a few years ago, just a little too far plus I "thought" he would come closer..He did but no clear shot. I still replay that picture over and over but I wouldn't do anything different....O.L.
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Post by: **DONOTDELETE** on October 04, 2008, 02:41:00 PM
"I've never once regretted not dropping the string."

I like that. Good words.
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Post by: Kevin Bahr on October 04, 2008, 03:41:00 PM
Good choice Roger.  At least you know where he hangs out now.  You don't want to end your season this early anyway, right?  
I should have killed a doe thursday but it's hard to shoot with my head up my butt, guess I need to practice that shot.
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Post by: longbowben on October 04, 2008, 06:54:00 PM
:thumbsup:
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Post by: ron w on October 04, 2008, 07:20:00 PM
Good job, the right shot will come.
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Post by: Ian johnson on October 04, 2008, 07:23:00 PM
i did the same thing last season, I have not killed a deer with bow or gun yet and passed on a perfect broadside shot at a fork horn last season because the shot did not feel right, you did good
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Post by: 2-BIG on October 04, 2008, 08:29:00 PM
Roger, good to see you here again, I haven't seen you all summer and was wondering how you were doing. You definitely did the right thing. Have a great season!  :campfire:
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Post by: Guru on October 04, 2008, 08:32:00 PM
Way to go Roger,he's still there for ya    :thumbsup:


Just curious...what made it iffy?
Title: Re: Passed on an iffy shot...
Post by: **DONOTDELETE** on October 04, 2008, 09:03:00 PM
Hey Jim - How have you been? Compton was the only shoot I made it to this summer. I don't think I've seen you since K-Zoo?

Guru, he was coming through a thicket, and when he was open he was moving, and when he was still there were too many saplings about...there was a moment when I thought I had a shot, but I had doubt nagging at me. I know if my brain is thinking of something other than that single hair behind his shoulder, things aren't right.
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Post by: bowhunterfrompast on October 04, 2008, 09:42:00 PM
:thumbsup:  great choice.
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Post by: jacobsladder on October 05, 2008, 12:38:00 AM
good to know there is still one good buck left after the youth hunt  :biglaugh:
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Post by: Bullfrog 1 on October 05, 2008, 09:35:00 AM
MATURITY of the bowhunter.   BILL
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Post by: **DONOTDELETE** on October 05, 2008, 10:21:00 AM
Got back out this morning, same tree, saw to DIFFERENT bucks. A real TALL 8 pointer and a smaller 8.Great mornng!