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Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: amar911 on November 26, 2009, 11:06:00 PM
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Don't think little doe - think small target, tough shot! :archer:
I was hunting yesterday on my good friend's ranch in western Oklahoma. He needs to get his buck/doe ratio into a more optimal range and asks his friends to shoot at least one doe if they get the chance. He doesn't want any bucks shot unless they are old, mature bucks. The young ones need to grow up before they are shot. I promised him that I would shoot the first doe that presented a good shot.
At 7:30 am yesterday a young doe came walking towards my tree stand, feeding along the way. She wasn't very big, but my buddy wants them thinned out, and size or age is not a consideration. I was in a tree stand up the hill from where the doe was walking. At 22 yards she presented a standing, slightly quartering away shot.
This was my first hunt with my new 56" 57#@29.5" Shrew Classic Hunter takedown (Bow Bolt) with foam cores, carbon backing, macassar ebony veneered limbs, buffalo horn tips, and Texas ebony and phenolic riser. It is an incredible bow. I was also using AD Trad Lite arrows with 100 grain brass inserts that I bought from David Knipes tipped with 150 grain 2 blade Stinger broadheads. I have been shooting this combination (except with field tips) and found it to be accurate.
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Back to the doe. The Classic Hunter was smooth as I drew to my anchor, concentrated on a shot that would angle through the doe's chest and hopefully take out lungs and heart, and released. As the arrow closed the 22 yards, I could see it was headed exactly to my point of aim. Two-thirds of the arrow went into the deer with just a little shaft showing in front of the fletching wrap. The doe bolted and took off at an all out run. From the position of the arrow and her reaction I knew it was a heart shot and that she would be dead in a matter of seconds. I watched her as she ran through the woods and then heard her tumble to the ground, knowing at that point she was dead. I did not hesitant, but instead climbed down from the stand and followed the path I had seen her take. Ninety-five yards later I was standing next to her.
My arrow was no longer in the little doe, so I backtracked on the blood trail that looked like it had been spread by a sprinkler. Fifteen yards away I found the fletch end of my arrow, and another fifteen yards back lay the broadhead end. Don't let anyone tell you that a 2 blade broadhead won't create a good blood trail under the proper conditions.
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The arrow had entered the doe's chest a few inches behind her left shoulder and about halfway down from the top of her back. It came out in her lower chest just below her right leg. When we got back to the barn and started cleaning the deer, I pulled out her heart and saw that my arrow had indeed centered its mark.
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The little doe may not be a "trophy" to hang on my wall, but she gave me some great memories and her blood baptized my new Shrew Classic Hunter.
Allan
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Congrats Allan!
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very nice Allan
enjoy the meat
that bow is a beauty!
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Unless it has spots its not little......Great shot and enjoy the tender meat.....Roy
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little deer require a better shot :)
but tender meat - oh my !!
Hey what bow were you shooting at the Shrew? It grouped a little low: thankfully !!
:archer:
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Pretty bow and deer good shooting.
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Congrats Allan!
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Super shot and congrats. She will be a super eater. Plus the small ones present a much more challenging target.
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Congrats, Looks like some fine eating to me.
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thats the perfect size deer ! / fills the pot just fine ! and looks like you did the perfect shot on her to ! congrads on a great hunt !
wishing you many more
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Well-done!
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Good shootin!!
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Nice deer, nice bow, and nice shot! Can't ask for more than that - congrats!
Ken
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Big smile!!!
Congrats!!!! :thumbsup:
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Congrats my friend.
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Excellent!
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Congrats brother! Very nice!
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Congratulations! Great story and perfect shot!
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Allan,
Great shooting and there's nothing that will stoke you up more than a well-placed heart shot. Nice doe and awesome shooting from a straight shooter!
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Nice shot Allan. :thumbsup:
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congrats and nice shot, i think you 14 ringed that one.
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Nice doe and nice shot, that will provide some good meals.
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Good shootin'!
Shoot straight, Shinken
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Nice eater, better shot. :thumbsup:
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Good job Allan. :thumbsup: I love to shoot does, tons of fun. :D
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Nice shooting! Congrats!
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Great job, great story, congratulations.
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Thanks for all your support guys!! I do want to mention a few names.
Ron LaClair and Gregg Coffey were the designer and bowyer for the Shrew Classic Hunter bow.
Ron LaClair was one of the designers of the short brimmed Stormy Kromer cap.
David Knipes (as I mentioned before) built the AD Trad Lite arrows.
Tim Harms of Braveheart Archery sold me the Stinger broadheads. Tim also sells the excellent Webster stringer I used before the hunt.
Don Ward at Eagle Flight Archery made the Cherokee two piece bow quiver.
Mike Griffith at Mike's Archery leather made the Hunter armguard.
E.W. Bateman & Co. made the cordovan tab I used (sold by various TradGang sponsors). This is my first deer using a tab. Usually I use a Grizzly Leather Wolverine “SS” Shooting Glove from Braveheart Archery.
You can see that the TradGang community was well represented on my hunt. There isn't a better bunch of people anywhere. All the equipment performed flawlessly. I'm glad so many of us support our sponsors and fellow TradGangers. I have been shooting trad equipment for 52 years, but I have learned more about trad archery in the last 2 years than I did in the half century before that.
Allan
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I failed to mention that the reason I learned so much about trad archery in the last 2 years is from being here on TradGang! :clapper:
Allan
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Nice shooting, tasty deer!
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Well done Allan!
Just curious, what do those Trad-Lites weigh they way you have them setup. I've been pondering trying them.
Eric
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got to love a shrew....Joe
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Eric,
They weigh 610 grains with the 100 grain brass inserts and the 150 grain Stingers. You really should try them out. David Knipes built up the arrows I used, but I would recommend Paul Mattson at Badger Arrows if you want professionally built arrows. Not that David didn't do a good job, he's just not in the business.
Allan
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Allan, well done :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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That's a good way to break in a Shrew,
great job.
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Congrats!nice shooting.