Yesterday morning I got to my stand early planning on sitting from sunup to sundown with the rut starting to kick in. I got settled in and began what I thought would be a long relaxing day on stand. That changed 20 minutes after light when I spotted a buck nose to the ground following the trail of a couple does that passed me at 40 yards at first light.
I grunted to him and he came in like he was on a leash. At 11 yards he hit the opening where I had my video camera pointed, I grunted with my mouth to stop him and put an arrow through both his lungs. He only ran about 75 yards and expired within sight.
Here is a video that I quick threw together tonight of the hunt, this is the first video I have put together of a hunt so let me know what you think:
Kevin\\'s Longbow Buck (http://www.pixofnature.com/videos/tradgang/kevin3pt.wmv)
I was really excited to take this deer as it has been a real slow season since returning from Wyoming this past September. The buck was small in antlers but field dressed 140 lbs, what do they say... you can't eat the horns anyways :D
Kevin.
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I love it. Great shot too. Thanks for sharing and enjoy the venison
And true, you can't eat the horns
sam
Nice job.Thanks for sharing.The video did turn out great.He does have a big neck doesnt he?
SAAWWWEEEETTT DEER KEVIN!!,,AWSOME SHOT TOO!!
Nice deer, and a great shot!
Good job with the camera, great video.
Very nice,Congrats!!
Nice hunt, nice shot, nice deer, congratulations, Kevin.
Congrats and nice video :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Very well done, The shot and the video.
Congratulations!!! That is a awesome video as well, I really enjoyed it.
Looks like it was a great morning. Neat that you also got in on video!
Congrats.
:clapper: Very nice, great shot!
Loved he video footage...someday I'm gonna do that! What program are you using for your editing? You did an excellent job with it.
Great job. I especially like the video without all the fist pumping and tastless verbage that you normally see on most made for tv vids. Very respectful vid. Thanks for sharing.
Congratulations!! And a very nice job of editing your first video!
Awesome shot and video. That is wild! Congrats on getting him in.
Real nice!!!
Awesome bud!! Congrats again!! When are you having my up for dinner!! :bigsmyl:
Real nice vid , buck and shot :clapper: . what song is that?
Nice job...congrats...you should be happy...
Nice job on the video bud! Congrats on the nice buck and sweet shooting!!
Kevin...outstanding shot! and congrats on your trophy.... well done bro!!!
Thanks guys!
JC - I used Adobe Premiere Pro for the editing software, I sold all of photography gear to get into this video taping and spent more than I should have :D I used a Canon GL2 for the camera... the quality of the deer during the shot is not the greatest because I had the camera set to wide angle not knowing where exactly he was going to come in from and I used the editing software to crop in a bit.
Longbow Jake - The song is "This Time" by Kutless (they are a Christian Rock band).
It is a real pain lugging around the extra gear for video taping, each year I swear my pack is going to be lighter but each year it seems to get heavier! I don't think I'll hunt without a video camera very often anymore though... I know that using the gear will probably cost me a deer or two down the road, but being able to play the morning over and over again is just way too cool!
Thanks again guys!
Congrats. That bow is a Killer. I drew that 30" and it shot great.But only hunted with 3 times because of work. Glad you guys are enjoying it.<><
Very nice video, congrats on a beautiful shot and lots of good eats in the freezer!!! :thumbsup:
Very Nice -- Well Done !!! :clapper:
Great shot, and great vid!
Trying to get into myself. I'm glad Joe asked you about software. I'll look into it.
Congrats,nice video!
Fantastic video thanks for sharing!
Hey string dancer you like my picture ?
Kevin,
That is an awesome video! Thanks for sharing it with us. You don't have to justify the harvest of small bucks; the trophy is in the eye of the hunter. You did a great job and harvested an animal with a quick clean kill. Enjoy the meat and the memories.
Thanks again for sharing your hunt with us,
Neil
Nice video Kevin good job on the buck.
Terry
Very Cool. Congrats!
Sweet video footage and a "sniper" of a shot!
Good job. Enjoyed the video and the joy on your face. Congrats. :thumbsup:
Nice deer, nice shot, fine video to remember him by.
Congrats :thumbsup:
question. Did you have two cameras going? How did you get the shot of you drawing? Or, did you re-inact the draw and edit in?
Nicely done.
Very nice Kevin!!! We Michigan guys need to put some footage together..... ;)
Cograts on the buck! :thumbsup:
Enjoyed the video as well.Someday I'd love to put together one.
Super Cool, Thanks and Congrats
that was cool,congrats.
Nice deer. His neck is pumped up. I liked the video as well. The only critique I would have was the music was too loud while you were talking. Took away from your words. I liked your real excitement segment after the shot while you were still in the stand. :thumbsup:
I really enjoyed it congrats
QuoteOriginally posted by luv2bowhunt:
JC - I used Adobe Premiere Pro for the editing software, I sold all of photography gear to get into this video taping and spent more than I should have :D I used a Canon GL2 for the camera... the quality of the deer during the shot is not the greatest because I had the camera set to wide angle not knowing where exactly he was going to come in from and I used the editing software to crop in a bit.
Longbow Jake - The song is "This Time" by Kutless (they are a Christian Rock band).
It is a real pain lugging around the extra gear for video taping, each year I swear my pack is going to be lighter but each year it seems to get heavier! I don't think I'll hunt without a video camera very often anymore though... I know that using the gear will probably cost me a deer or two down the road, but being able to play the morning over and over again is just way too cool!
Thanks again guys!
Well, whatever you are doing, you're doing it well in my opinion. Your videos look professionally done for an amateur...I hope to get mine half that good one day.
congrats
Nice deer and an awesome video!!! :) :notworthy:
Bravo! :thumbsup:
I'm impressed... :thumbsup:
Awesome on getting it on film...
Very cool video great job.
Congrats!!!
Gotta love it!!!
Great shot !! What a little tank !!!
Nice job and great shooting young man. Very respectfully done as well. :thumbsup:
Kevin, well done my brother of the bow and thanks for sharing your hunt.
Very nice job on the shot,video,and the big body buck.Thanks for sharing Kevin. :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Very nice video. Great shot. The lung shot is my favorite.
well done mate. inspiring stuff. i wanted to do a nice video like yours of some water buff hunting. that was until my camera gave up on me. :campfire: :archer:
Thanks for the compliments and critiques guys :thumbsup:
Carl Miller - I only had the one camera. The vid of my drawing was done a few minutes after the shot and edited in.
Arwin - I like that idea! We'll need to compile our footage after the season and see if any other Traditional Michiganders want to add some as well!
VTer - I do agree with you on the Music. I wish that I would have had it lower over all and especially during the talking... I finished this up late at night and just said to heck with it, I wanted to get to bed, LOL!! Thanks for the honest opinion!
Nice Job on the Vid and the shot. Well done.
Thats great. Good job.
Very cool..Wish we would get more stuff like that on TV...
Great video and nice buck, congratulations!
I do agree with VTer on the music. You really don't need any music....the outdoors has its own and that should be the background. Still, the video is very well done...I just muted the music.
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Congrats!!! :goldtooth:
very nicely done ... all of it !!
:jumper: CONGRATS
Awesome!
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Really nice trophy Kevin! Congrats!
Good job on the video and on the shot!
Too Cool!!!
i rarely watch these videos for fear of seeing some tripod feeder....great video man, awesome music too..great band
Awesome man!!!
You did a great job, all the way around!!!
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Very nice. . . wish I could do a video like that. That was just a great piece of work.
Nice shot!
Very cool.
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Excellent video! :thumbsup:
Nice job all the way around!
Thanks for shareing
After watching this several times and taking your comments into consideration I have removed the Music from the video. I think that it does flow better now and you can hear the talking much better.
Thanks to all for the compliments and the suggestions :)
Kevin\\'s 3 Point revised (http://www.pixofnature.com/videos/tradgang/kevin3pt.wmv)
Awesome video!!! Congrats on a fine animal.
That is much better. I like just barely being able to hear the arrow drawn back on the bow; and the sound of the hit and the arrow breaking off as the deer ran off. All very cool A plus. I didn't mention the sound when I first heard it; as I thought that was just my age interfering; but- whatever- I like it better without the music.
The twang of one string beats the symphony.. :thumbsup: :campfire: :archer:
Very cool.
Kevin, nicely done. :thumbsup: Look forward to seeing more of your film efforts.
Well Done! :thumbsup: