I have been having some bad luck bowhunting this season, i made what I thought was a good hit on a doe only to loose her. I called in several deer only to be spotted trying to draw. Don't get me wrong except for the doe I was having a good time but just a little frustrating. Tue. AM I saw no deer at all so I got in the stand a little early on Tues. afternoon thinking I might catch one moving mid day. I saw nothing until about ten to five in the afternoon. I called in a small buck. I have been having back trouble so it has been tough to get comfortable in my stand, i sit a while then stand a while well you get the picture. I always wear a safety harness it only makes good sense. This little buck slowly make his way to my stand, the trouble with this stand is that there is enough cover around it that you have to wait for the deer to get real close and yes there is such a thing as too close. The buck is at around eight yards and looking right at me, I am wearing plaid but he doesn't see me, he relaxes and begins to move giving me a real nice angle except for the fact that he is so close. I come to full draw anchor pick my spot and release, it is then I hear the most gawd awful noise, things happen so fast that it's hard to figure out what you see or don't see. What I do know is that the deer is hit what looks to be in a good spot. I wait till just about dark get down find some blood and put a ribbon on the spot and go home.
Chin up Jim. Sun can't shine every day. Things will work out.
BobW
The noise that I heard was my bow string catching the buckle on my harness, I have never had a problem with this in the past, but I'm thinking it is my almost constant having to sit and stand because of my back. Now I'm really doubting the hit, my concentration was great for the shot but I couldn't guess that my buckle would cause such a problem. I wait four hours and then get my lantern and go look. About 250 yards from the stand I find it's bed and tracks of a running deer, I'm sure I jumped it so I back out and go back home. Not a lot of sleep thinking that my hit might not be good. After it's good and light I head back to were I marked the trail.
I had what sounds like the same shot a couple of years back. Jason was in another stand a couple hundred yards away and thought I'd broke may bow. Sounded like I hit a 2x4 with a hammer.
Turned out I'd punched the top of the heart and hit the sternum and punched through. Deer went about 50 yds and piled up.
Mike
I take back up on the blood trail, I have little trouble following it , I was shooting a four blade black-diamond head, those little bleeders really do the trick. I go about another 150 yards and there he is dead, what a relief. Not a huge deer but I don't trophy hunt, I take what I'm offered, the shot was good in behind the ribs in the paunch but it came out low behind the front shoulder, I caught one lung. They can go a ways on a one lung hit, the arrow stayed in the deer for a long time I found half, 100 yards from the deer and the other about ten feet from it, I'm just glad it worked out.
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Congrats Jim, A story with a happy ending!! :clapper: :clapper: :clapper:
nice job Jim!!!! way to stick with it!!
what bow are ya usin this year? its not the bear from last year??
oh, those are some nice lookin woods behind ya..
gaff
Good for you! You've got better luck than I do...
Good follow up...well done!!
Good job, Jim!
Now you will have to wonder if the only way you will ever hit a deer: is to bounce the string off your safety harness when you shoot. :campfire: :
see, told ya! :thumbsup:
Good job Jim, way to follow it up man!
PS, that is why I always wear my harness under my camo/outer layer. Glad it worked out man.
Way to go Jim!!
Awesome, way to stick with it! Congrats on the fine pot of gold at the end of the trail!
Congrats.
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congrats Jim way to stay with it. Drew
CONGRATULATIONS Jim!!!!!!!!!! :thumbsup:
I'm glad things worked-out for you!
Jim,
Looks like god was smileing on alot of us yesterday, Nice to hear you found it, Joe had to be the photographer. Congrats!
Pete
Congrats Jim! :thumbsup:
... mike ...
There was never a doubt in my mind Jim!
Looks like good luck to me.Congradulations pal.
Way to stick with it Jim..Congrats..Mike
Way to hang tough Jim...good job trailing and nice deer. Congrats on a fine kill.... :thumbsup: ;)
Way to go Jim, congrats!!!!!!
David
I agree with gaff nice woods. Way to stick with it. I think it may be time for a different tree stand. Not only one that's more comfortable but one with better shooting. But then again by the looks of your picture the one you have works fine. Good deer! :thumbsup:
nerve racking,but turned out awesome..Way to go.
Fantastic ending! Congrats and enjoy him. :thumbsup: :clapper:
Thanks everyone :wavey: I do want to thank Bowhunter4life for giving me the four blade Zwickey black diamond heads. I had an add out to buy some and he was generous enough to give me some brand new heads. I put my arrows together in late summer taking my time to get them right, this is the first year that I shot vanes, and I'm still amazed at how far the arrow traveled through the deer, I had that head sharp :thumbsup:
Glad to see that your bad luck turned out good!
Congratulations!
Way to go! Glad it all came together for you.
Congrads Jim :thumbsup:
Jim,
Glad you found him ! Reminds me of the time I took a shot at a buck while wearing an old army coat. The string hit the left pocket flap and the arrow went haywire ! Luckly I missed the deer. I thought about it for a minute and grabbed my knife off my belt and cut the pocket off the coat. Don't do that with your harness. Now get back out there I know you have more tags !
I have three doe tags, plus I plan on hunting the gun season with my bow, then I can shoot another buck :bigsmyl:
Congrats and good luck with those other tags!
Excellent follow up. Congrats. :thumbsup:
Congrats Jim! Glad it all worked out for the best. We all run on streaks like that from time to time... Way to bring yours to a close!
Now start a new streak! One where everything works as it should! ;)
Great news!
Good job Jim. I did the same once in an awkward position and hit my left knee with the bow limb. Hurt like the dickens and I shot low and missed.RC
Awsome bro,, I just got a call from a freind that has a similar hit,, I told him to wai ttill mornin and go after him,, Sound real similar,,JB
Way to do things right Jim. You are a model in more ways than one. Congratulations.
Congrats Jim, glad to see the luck is swinging back in your favor. I unfortunately have had some experience with those single lungs, I'm 1-1 on recoveries. Good looking woods, keep us posted on the doe adventures. Good luck Joe
Sometimes we make our own luck!!!
Great job on the follow up!!! :thumbsup: :campfire:
Nice Buck James. Blake
way to go Jim,congrats. :thumbsup: