Title: Missed a good one this morning...then it got interesting.
Post by: Rank Bull on November 05, 2010, 02:23:00 PM
Post by: Rank Bull on November 05, 2010, 02:23:00 PM
Had a really nice 8 point come in at about 20 yards. He set himself up perfectly, letting me draw as he walked passed a little cedar tree.
As soon as he cleared the tree, I let her go, and this ninja deer dropped instantly. You know how sometimes your arrows all of a sudden seem reaallllllly slow. Well it was one of those times. LOL Clean miss.
Anyway I put the bow down, to go get my arrow before my Arrow Attention Deficit Disorder kicked in. I find it, pick it up, turn around, and about 30 ft away another nice buck is standing right there. LOL
I am kinda behind another cedar tree, but he knows somethings there, but this portly fellow is not all that concerned. Did I mention, I had put my bow down...about 40 yards away. LOL
So anyway theres no getting out of this situation, and I think "Well maybe I'll just get on all fours and crawl to my bow. He might think, I'm a hog or something." LOL yeah right.
This guy just watches me crawl 40 yards to my bow. I came within 15 feet of the guy, totally out in the open, and he just watched me! Until I put my hand on my bow that is. Then he slowly walked away. DANGIT! :knothead:
Oh well. It was fun!
-RB
As soon as he cleared the tree, I let her go, and this ninja deer dropped instantly. You know how sometimes your arrows all of a sudden seem reaallllllly slow. Well it was one of those times. LOL Clean miss.
Anyway I put the bow down, to go get my arrow before my Arrow Attention Deficit Disorder kicked in. I find it, pick it up, turn around, and about 30 ft away another nice buck is standing right there. LOL
I am kinda behind another cedar tree, but he knows somethings there, but this portly fellow is not all that concerned. Did I mention, I had put my bow down...about 40 yards away. LOL
So anyway theres no getting out of this situation, and I think "Well maybe I'll just get on all fours and crawl to my bow. He might think, I'm a hog or something." LOL yeah right.
This guy just watches me crawl 40 yards to my bow. I came within 15 feet of the guy, totally out in the open, and he just watched me! Until I put my hand on my bow that is. Then he slowly walked away. DANGIT! :knothead:
Oh well. It was fun!
-RB
Title: Re: Missed a good one this morning...then it got interesting.
Post by: KentuckyTJ on November 05, 2010, 02:35:00 PM
Post by: KentuckyTJ on November 05, 2010, 02:35:00 PM
That would have been very funny to see (the crawling part not the missing part). Quit a few years ago my Dad put his bow down and walked 10 yards to do his business in a creek. As he sat there with his drawers around his ankles looking like a constipated dog a nice 8 pointer (he would have shot) came past him at 15 yards with his nose to the ground. Hahaha.
Title: Re: Missed a good one this morning...then it got interesting.
Post by: Rank Bull on November 05, 2010, 02:39:00 PM
Post by: Rank Bull on November 05, 2010, 02:39:00 PM
That right there is pretty funny KentuckTJ.
The buck I missed this morning had his nose to the ground too...I really thought I had him. But he was a ninja buck...those are harder to get. LOL
The buck I missed this morning had his nose to the ground too...I really thought I had him. But he was a ninja buck...those are harder to get. LOL
Title: Re: Missed a good one this morning...then it got interesting.
Post by: BenBow on November 05, 2010, 02:50:00 PM
Post by: BenBow on November 05, 2010, 02:50:00 PM
:knothead:
Title: Re: Missed a good one this morning...then it got interesting.
Post by: Nole on November 05, 2010, 02:56:00 PM
Post by: Nole on November 05, 2010, 02:56:00 PM
That's the way it always works when you don't have your weapon in hand. Thanks for sharing.
Title: Re: Missed a good one this morning...then it got interesting.
Post by: PAPA BEAR on November 05, 2010, 02:59:00 PM
Post by: PAPA BEAR on November 05, 2010, 02:59:00 PM
matrix buck....i took a twenty yd shot at a spike elk once and he matrixed right out of the way.pretty fast them spikes.
Title: Re: Missed a good one this morning...then it got interesting.
Post by: ron w on November 05, 2010, 03:00:00 PM
Post by: ron w on November 05, 2010, 03:00:00 PM
And the lesson here...........never put your bow down!!! :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Missed a good one this morning...then it got interesting.
Post by: joe ashton on November 05, 2010, 03:04:00 PM
Post by: joe ashton on November 05, 2010, 03:04:00 PM
how cool is that.. Joe
Title: Re: Missed a good one this morning...then it got interesting.
Post by: Rank Bull on November 05, 2010, 03:10:00 PM
Post by: Rank Bull on November 05, 2010, 03:10:00 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by ron w:Yep! and aim low. LOL But the season is young, and I'm feeling my mojo coming on.
And the lesson here...........never put your bow down!!! :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Missed a good one this morning...then it got interesting.
Post by: Keefer on November 05, 2010, 03:42:00 PM
Post by: Keefer on November 05, 2010, 03:42:00 PM
Rank Bull,
He must of thought you were a female deer and was checking you out for his mate...Never ever get on all fours during pre rut...!["[dntthnk]"]("graemlins/dntthnk.gif" "\"\"")
He must of thought you were a female deer and was checking you out for his mate...Never ever get on all fours during pre rut...
Title: Re: Missed a good one this morning...then it got interesting.
Post by: JEFF B on November 05, 2010, 03:54:00 PM
Post by: JEFF B on November 05, 2010, 03:54:00 PM
way to funny :laughing:
Title: Re: Missed a good one this morning...then it got interesting.
Post by: HATCHCHASER on November 05, 2010, 05:03:00 PM
Post by: HATCHCHASER on November 05, 2010, 05:03:00 PM
:scared:
Title: Re: Missed a good one this morning...then it got interesting.
Post by: J-dog on November 05, 2010, 09:16:00 PM
Post by: J-dog on November 05, 2010, 09:16:00 PM
Now that is a cool story! no kills but had to be a load a laughs. That buck is tellin the story right now "Ya shoulda seen this nut? Yeah I let him get his hand on his bow!"
Sounds like a blast!
J
Sounds like a blast!
J
Title: Re: Missed a good one this morning...then it got interesting.
Post by: John Scifres on November 05, 2010, 10:47:00 PM
Post by: John Scifres on November 05, 2010, 10:47:00 PM
Good thing you didn't spill some doe estrous scent on your hiney. You mighta been squealin' some.
Title: Re: Missed a good one this morning...then it got interesting.
Post by: DeerSpotter on November 05, 2010, 11:13:00 PM
Post by: DeerSpotter on November 05, 2010, 11:13:00 PM
Juan,
Never forget that experience , #1 Like they say never put your bow down ,Learn to take at least a drag string if you have to.
My very first time deer hunting in Indiana in 1973 , I crawled up on a group of 4 does,I got with in 15 yards and shot over the biggest one ,Every so often I just put my head down like I was eating .It sounds goofy ,But it works ,I have done it many time since that time ,And each time I've gotten within 20 to 15 yards,Every movement needs to be slow but for a purpose ,It was the best experience I've ever had in learning something about the deer .
But ,I do see that you are from Texas ,I'd be cautious on what you are crawling up too !
Carl
Never forget that experience , #1 Like they say never put your bow down ,Learn to take at least a drag string if you have to.
My very first time deer hunting in Indiana in 1973 , I crawled up on a group of 4 does,I got with in 15 yards and shot over the biggest one ,Every so often I just put my head down like I was eating .It sounds goofy ,But it works ,I have done it many time since that time ,And each time I've gotten within 20 to 15 yards,Every movement needs to be slow but for a purpose ,It was the best experience I've ever had in learning something about the deer .
But ,I do see that you are from Texas ,I'd be cautious on what you are crawling up too !
Carl
Title: Re: Missed a good one this morning...then it got interesting.
Post by: -Achilles- on November 06, 2010, 12:02:00 AM
Post by: -Achilles- on November 06, 2010, 12:02:00 AM
LOL...Now that would have been funny to have on video.
Once I was camping and in order to get out on the cellphone you had to walk to the top of a hill.You could walk about 50 yards from camp uphill and get a signal.So 1 day I walked up hill to call thinking(I won't see anything anyway)So I didn't take my bow.I got up there and called my mom and I'm on the phone talking to her and I hear running coming from my right and I know the sound of deer running so I tell my mom "hold on there's deer coming".First a Doe walks by me slowly at 15 yards,Then an 8 pointer,then a lil later a spike and all close enough to throw a spear at.Nothing I could do.So after they went on I said "can you hear me now?"And ma was still there and she couldn't believe it either.These are how my personal hunting stories go.DEER!!!
Once I was camping and in order to get out on the cellphone you had to walk to the top of a hill.You could walk about 50 yards from camp uphill and get a signal.So 1 day I walked up hill to call thinking(I won't see anything anyway)So I didn't take my bow.I got up there and called my mom and I'm on the phone talking to her and I hear running coming from my right and I know the sound of deer running so I tell my mom "hold on there's deer coming".First a Doe walks by me slowly at 15 yards,Then an 8 pointer,then a lil later a spike and all close enough to throw a spear at.Nothing I could do.So after they went on I said "can you hear me now?"And ma was still there and she couldn't believe it either.These are how my personal hunting stories go.DEER!!!