Here is a picture of Otis Seese aka Blinds with his longbow deer.
Hopefully Otis will see this post and come in with the whole story.
(http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc158/mudd57/hunting1763.jpg)
Congratulations Otis!
God bless,Mudd
Nice looking deer Otis! Congrats!!Henry
Very nice job of gettin it done. Congratulations.
Very nice! Congrats! :thumbsup:
Well done!
:thumbsup: :archer:
Alright!
That's a great picture, plaid shirt, longbow and a nice buck too.
Darren
AWESOOOOME :thumbsup: Congrats Otis:::Cant wait to hear the story :archer:
Nice Buck and Bow You Got there... Congrats.
Congratulations Otis..Thats a beauty.. :archer:
Mudd,
Is that the fine gent who does the Sunday service up at B'more annually? Sure looks like that Otis... he and his wife are exceptional people!
Congrats to this Otis regardless! Excellent!
:clapper:
Good shooting!
Nice buck..
Well done Sir.
:thumbsup: Congrats!
CONGRATS!!!!!!!!! :clapper: :clapper: :clapper:
Very nice buck, sir! Congrats!
Kenny :clapper: :clapper:
Great shot!
I was fortunate to be on that hunt, with Otis. He is such a good shot that he gets his deer to run TOWARD the road.
Looking forward to his story.
Doc, Yes that is the same Otis that does the Sunday morning services at the BBTC. You're right - both he and his wife are great people.
Very Nice, Congrats!
Job well done!!!
Congrats to Otis!
Bisch
Congrats.Love the pic. Thanks for posting Bro Mudd.RC
Alrighty then....!
I had told Mudd before I sent him a picture I was a lurker and not a poster, but because of all the kind congratulatory wishes, I'll share a little of the story.
I was shooting a Northern Mist Classic, 68",48#, with cedar arrows and 160gr. Ribtec heads.
What made this hunt so special wasn't that I killed this buck - although I'm very thankful for it, but it was the circumstances surrounding it that made it so memorable.
I killed it on the last day of our annual deer camp in November. A handful of as fine a group of hunting archers as you could ask for gather near Salisbury each year. Included in the group are two excelent archers from England. This year we were seeing a few deer, but things just never came together for us.
However, the last morning was one of those story book mornings. Cold, frosty, and still. The woods in the place I was set up was fairly open, and you could see a long ways. The leaves were at nearly peak color, and with the rising sun, it was glowing yelow.
I saw this buck coming, and I readied for the shot, but at about 25 yards he turnd to my left and went to the edge of the woods and stopped to look across the field. As he stood there in the yellow woods, with the sun behind him shining through the steam of his breath it was a stunning sight.
I tried grunting to him with my voice, and he turned his head to look my way. I grunted two more times with my voice, and he turned and walked by me at 9 yards. At the shot he turned to run, and I saw that it was a good hit. He ran, as Balding Eagle said, across a marsh and toward a road.
To make the morning even more special, one of my British friends shot a deer at almost the exact same time. We waited until the whole camp could gather and trail both the deer. Sorry for the long post, but you asked for the story, and I had to share why it was so special for me.
Great story! Congratulations on a fine buck! That Northern Mist bow of yours is stunning also. Exactly the weight bow I'm using. I've never been able to get my deer to run towards a road...something I'm going to have to work at!
Bernie Bjorklund
NC Iowa/SW Wisconsin
Congrats on a special hunt and great deer. :thumbsup:
Thank you for sharing! Really a fantastic story, I felt like I was sitting in the woods with you. Great job! :campfire:
Congrats and thanks for the story!
Congrats on a nice buck!
QuoteOriginally posted by Doc Nock:
Mudd,
Is that the fine gent who does the Sunday service up at B'more annually? Sure looks like that Otis... he and his wife are exceptional people!
Congrats to this Otis regardless! Excellent!
Doc,
That's the Man and Otis and Philis are both good Ole Backwoods Folks and dear friends of mine....Otis and I for some "UNKNOWN" reason got a little loss in some mountains on a hunt on Greenridge mountain and to make a long story short wasn't long after that I became one of his Brother's so to speak! :readit: God Bless! Keefer's <><
I ask for your forgiveness Otis if what I did in posting the picture made you feel you had to do something you didn't want to do.
I still believe that getting your forgiveness will be easier to get than getting your permission...lol
I can tell by some of the very close friends posting here that you are loved brother...God has blessed you richly and I am grateful to have made your acquaintance even if it's just through cyberspace.
God bless,Mudd
Mudd,
I can't spek for Otis but know him like a brother and I doubt he felt uncomfortable...He' s just the kind of man that doesn't boast about anythig and kind of shy till you get's to know him...Then lookout! He will robinhood your arrow's and say Sorry bout that brother I tried to miss your arrow.... :rolleyes:
OUTSTANDING :thumbsup: Couldnt happen to a nicer guy!!!!!!!
JOHN,
I'm a nice guy!Otis just left and ate some of my Homemade X-lax chocholate Chip Cookies and treehugger coffee! Don't that make me Nice? :readit: :laughing:
Very nice story and great shot! Congrats Otis.
Nice deer and great story, Sir. Thanks!
Congrats Otis!
That's one of the best hunting stories I've read.
Please lurk less and write more :readit: :bigsmyl:
If that pic doesn't say traditional bowhunting i don't know what does. Congrats Otis. TD.
A good buck shared with friends is always a good thing. :clapper:
Otis, thanks for stepping up to the :campfire: with a fine story and congratulations on a nice buck.
Way to go Otis!
Very good job and I love your way of telling it.