We've all seen this before.......
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p55/woodenarrow/arrow11-11-11.jpg)
Hmmm, yes, and?????????? Got to have more details. It says so right here. :readit:
:campfire:
Here's the story:
I am fortunate enough to live on 5 rural acres that has a decent population of deer. I've lived here for 5 seasons and have had lots of opertunities at deer but never connected.
Tonight I got into my stand at about 4:oo and clipped into my top rope, sat down and nocked an arrow.
Found my balaclava and slipped it on. Got out my grunt tube and gave 3 short grunts with my hands making a sound chamber. I slipped the call into my vest and started to hear a deer comming!
I finally saw him on a trail that would bring him 15 yards from my stand in the crotch of an acient basswood. Perhaps he never heard the grunt, but he just wasn't worked up at all when he walked through slowly. I had plenty of time to make the shot on the move.
At the shot he turned 180 back the direction he came from. The shot was high, too high and back. I thought "oh no!". I immediately got that sick feeling in my stomach. The buck ran for 25 yards and slowed to walk, then stumbled. He turned left and bounded once and then went down. It was over soooo quickly.
On field dressing him I figured out what happened. I hit the back tips of both lungs and severed the big artery that runs along the bottom of the spine. He bled out in a flash.
Not giant by any means, but I'm thrilled to be this luckey! :)
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p55/woodenarrow/deer11-11-11-1.jpg)
Nice deer!!
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p55/woodenarrow/deer11-11-11-2.jpg)
The bow is a metal riser from a Jennings Black Lightning (Black Bear).
The limbs are Quinn Stallion #60 and pull about #55 at my 29.5 DL.
Arrow is a Big Jim's GT5575 Trad blem with a Zwickey Eskimo with steel insert freshly sharpened with a Razor-sharp edge making system.
Congrats. :thumbsup:
Gotta love Zwickey! Nice buck!
Great job Mick! Thanks for sharing the hunt.
Helluva great buck. Congratulations.
:thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Nice deer, thanks for sharing.
Way to go Mick!!! Great buck!!!
Arteries are made to be sliced by a Zwickey!
The National Forests between Hale and Sand Lake are doing just fine... :wavey:
Congrats, and many happy returns! :campfire:
Not a giant but a damn fine deer! Be proud of him.
Congrats on a nice deer!
Congrats!
:thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Good work.
Thanks for sharing, and congrats!
Way to go sir! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Nice deer!
Great deer! What a high to low to high so quickly!! Been there with a less than perfect that did the job...thank goodness for sharp broadheads. Congrats!
Zwickey broadheads rule. Nine or so years ago I was taking a severe quartering away shot at a mature doe. She jumped string on me a bit and I hit her in the right hindquarter. The Zwickey shattered her hip socket joint and cut her femoral artery. I found her in less than forty yards. I still have and hunt with that same Zwickey head.
Good Job!
Very nice Buck,congrats.
Mick, What rig are you shooting in the picture ?
Nice job.
Love the dark face! Congrats!
Nice work. Looks like an old buck.
Congrats,clean job!
Very nice :)
Congrats!
Oh yeah baby look at that arrow :thumbsup:
Thanks for the kind words everyone!
Troy, the bow is a recycled metal riser from a Jennings Black Lightning compound wich is from the same mold as the Black Bear compound. They make a great recurve in their new life.
The limbs are Quinn Stallion #60 and pull about #55 at my 29.5 DL. It's a real sweet shooter, especially with the SRF sight. I have two more risers just like this one - all with Quinn limbs. It's so much fun to mix and match. :)
Any Deer with a Stick Bow is a GREAT Deer!!
Congrats,
Chuck a.k.a. The Greaseman