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Title: Well...I did it
Post by: Robert Honaker on December 09, 2010, 10:45:00 PM
Killed a ten inch cedar tree!

Yep.  Hands down the biggest doe I have ever laid eyes on.. Coming in with two trailing her and stops where I had walkied into my stand and starts sniffing th ground.. Not alarmed,but stops  right behnd a cedar tree. I draw expecting her to walk on. She doesn't and I know she is gonna see me let down, so if I'm gettin busted lettin down might as well get busted shootin between two trees. It's a kill or miss shot.

I let go and miss the gap by 3/4 in burying my broadhead in the edge of a ten inch cedar.

No animals were harmed in the production of this hunt.
Title: Re: Well...I did it
Post by: longbowben on December 09, 2010, 10:47:00 PM
And ceder tastes bad  :biglaugh:
Title: Re: Well...I did it
Post by: Shinken on December 09, 2010, 10:48:00 PM
Did you get some good penetration on that cedar Robert?

Keep the wind in your face!

Shoot straight, Shinken
Title: Re: Well...I did it
Post by: FerretWYO on December 09, 2010, 10:55:00 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by longbowben:
And ceder tastes bad    :biglaugh:  
Haven't killed a tree I liked yet    :biglaugh:
Title: Re: Well...I did it
Post by: Mudd on December 09, 2010, 11:07:00 PM
A friend of mine killed one last season.

He said he was shooting at a small buck so I asked him why I was trying to pull out his broadhead which was at least as high up in the tree as my shoulder...lol

He admitted that it was a very tall deer...lol

The tree refused to give up his broadhead so it remains as a reminder to pick a spot and preferably on the deer.

God bless,Mudd
Title: Re: Well...I did it
Post by: Robert Honaker on December 09, 2010, 11:09:00 PM
Mudd..I am taking a screwdriver back with me. Hopefully I can get my brand new Magnus back!
Title: Re: Well...I did it
Post by: Robert Honaker on December 09, 2010, 11:11:00 PM
By the way...very good penetration. Dang!   3/4 OF AN INCH AND SUMMMER SAUSAGE!
Title: Re: Well...I did it
Post by: 30coupe on December 09, 2010, 11:18:00 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by longbowben:
And ceder tastes bad   :biglaugh:  
It does smell nice though.    :laughing:
Title: Re: Well...I did it
Post by: bad arrow on December 09, 2010, 11:27:00 PM
While missing a fox squirrel a few weeks ago,I embedded a Delta Zwickey into the very base of a 100+ yr.old white oak. I hope I haven't hastened the demise of that stately old tree....Phil
Title: Re: Well...I did it
Post by: Matty on December 10, 2010, 12:29:00 AM
your arrow Just wanted to go home in Cedarville...Right where it belongs...
Title: Re: Well...I did it
Post by: twitchstick on December 10, 2010, 02:39:00 AM
I think you have same problem we face around here,Magnetic trees!
Title: Re: Well...I did it
Post by: Izzy on December 10, 2010, 06:17:00 AM
I blew the same "through the fork" shot a while back. My broad head is still in that tree 20 years later.
Title: Re: Well...I did it
Post by: greyghost on December 10, 2010, 07:32:00 AM
Thats all one can do is laugh about it and share with others.

I think I could of built a log cabin in my life the trees that I have harvested over the years.


Earl
Title: Re: Well...I did it
Post by: Gator1 on December 10, 2010, 07:38:00 AM
Robert, good story, you should have cut the cedar tree, and aged it for Veneers on a new bow..
Title: Re: Well...I did it
Post by: magnus on December 10, 2010, 07:44:00 AM
Use vice grips on the head just tight enough so you can jiggle it to pull if out.

Keeping the Faith!
Magnus
Title: Re: Well...I did it
Post by: TDHunter on December 10, 2010, 12:56:00 PM
They make a great mount!!
Title: Re: Well...I did it
Post by: maineac on December 10, 2010, 01:22:00 PM
I practice that shot all the time, luckily judo's come out much easier    :goldtooth:
Title: Re: Well...I did it
Post by: macksdad on December 10, 2010, 02:06:00 PM
Bet you won't forget that one any time soon.
Title: Re: Well...I did it
Post by: hvyhitter on December 10, 2010, 02:50:00 PM
I have too and I still do at least once a year it seems like. I dont even bother trying to dig them out anymore as it usually still bends them up....look at it as a sacrifice to the arrow gods....gets a bit pricey with abowyer whitetails.
Title: Re: Well...I did it
Post by: limbolt on December 10, 2010, 07:23:00 PM
Haven't bagged a cedar yet,got a crabapple,a black oak,and a maple but no cedar,maybe next year.LOL  :archer:
Title: Re: Well...I did it
Post by: GingivitisKahn on December 10, 2010, 08:41:00 PM
Lol it happens.  Way to try to make the shot though.  You can't kill 'em if you never drop the string.   :D