They say the first is an ice breaker. I sure hope so. I've failed to connect long enough and today, it finally happened. Lunch was even a little tastier today.
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Now thats an pic I can relate to,way to go Lin.
Looks good.
Good stuff. I think the first tastes the best too!
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Man you are making my mouth water! Way to go sir!
Congrats Lin :bigsmyl:
Eric
Yes sir, tasty lunch. Congratulations Lin.
Chris
Heck Lin, figured you'd have a big old cast iron skillet over your forge to cook that stuff up... ;) Congrats Buddy :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Lin, mmmm, mmmm, mmm! The taste of success, make it all the better.
I guess you guys deserve a story.
I wish it could be a neat and tidy story, but not so. It started off bad.
Yesterday, I and my stepson (Wyatt) went to some oaks that are dropping heavy and the deer are really liking it. The bad part is that I made a not so good shot getting an arrow covered in paunch contents and watching the deer disappear into a cut over with high grass, weeds, and tree tops pushed up into piles. I located the blood trail and followed till it started getting dark and we backed out.
Chris Montgomery (akaboomer) and I have been in regular communication reporting what we're seeing, wind direction, etc. by text the whole day. When my cell phone goes dead, he calls on the landline and offers to come this morning to help search. So he shows up and off we go at daylight. We find the trail and follow for some distance, blood getting harder to see in the grass as well as our first frost is obscuring the sign.
We took along my little Rat Terrier (Daisy) to "help", thinking she might turn out to be some help.
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She meant well, but she was more interested in the smaller creatures under and around logs and brush.
Here is where the presence of Chris really made the difference for me. He has good eyes for the trail as well as the determination of a bulldog. None the less, we lost the trail eventually and decided to fan out and cover some area of the cut over. We looked for an hour or so, met and talked about where we would be if we were the deer. There was a likely bedding area up ahead and we started easing forward.
You're telling a good story Lin, keep it up! :coffee:
Bernie Bjorklund
NC Iowa/SW Wisconsin
I spotted a deer bedded over to the side and let Chris know. Of course we stopped on high alert. I looked through my binos and saw frost on the deer's back and Chris mentioned it too and we deduced that it was dead.
Well, it wasn't. I eased up to it arrow at the ready, but..... not ready enough. I was 10- 15 feet from it when it jumped up. We both got off a shot but I dont think either hit it. We confirmed by the blood in the deer's bed that this was my deer.
So, we now had a situation on our hands.
We saw where the deer ran and also could tell that it ran into but not out of a thicker area. So, we spread out a little and moved up slowly. There was a few moments where I could not see Chris down in a small valley. I heard the thunk of his bow and a crack. I move more. I saw him moving up. He pointed ahead in the thick stuff. I moved up.
And that's how we handled it. Each moving a little at a time. We knew something was about to happen since just ahead was an open meadow. We were literally looking into the bushes and downed tree tops.
I saw Chris raise his bow and shoot almost down at his feet. The deer ran out and maybe 15 yards and laid down. I managed to stick another one in it and it was over.
Like I said, it was not pretty, but it's done. It was turn our backs on a bad situation or do what we thought we could. In this case, it turned out. The deer traveled a few hundred yards total.
She weighed about 80 lbs, not including arrows.
Chris and the deer after dragging it back and we're resting.
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Me and my helper
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I was using my Tall Tines recurve.
congrats :thumbsup:
My first Trad deer was a similar situation.
Way to stick with it! :thumbsup: Congrats!
Good story and pics!
Congrats Lin!
Congrats on your first trad deer. And kudos for sticking with it and a good recovery. I had almost the same thing happen a few years ago when I made a not so good shot. As I approached the deer I thought was dead, it jumped up and ran off . I ended up recovering that one too but I was sure worried. If i think there is any chance the deer is still alive as I approach now, I put a second arrow in them as soon as I can get a shot.
Congrats again,
Bisch
Outstanding work. I loved the story
Two :thumbsup: :thumbsup: and an Applause Award :clapper:
Rusty
Fine story, good on you & bud on the recovery!
Way to stick with it. Death and the life it provides is rarely pretty. It happens sometimes. Once again, good job being determined and geting it done. Beter you are eating it than the yotes. God Bless
I applaud your determination and commitment!
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Congratulations!
Good job on a strong finish! I appreciate you telling the story that will help the new guys like me. When I finally get one down, I will remember to stick it again. Way to follow through!
Big-time congrats on your first kill, and for doing everything necessary to bring the hunt to a conclusion. Way to "fight the fight"!
Enjoy those backstraps!
Excellent job on sticking with it til the end. My first trad deer was a doe with my recurve a few years ago and it was a similar story.
Big Congrats Lin ! Nice deer, and that stuff you had going on in the skillet looks tasty.
Congrats and a good job.
Congrats and kudos to you guys on your determined follow up.
Way to go and not give up on finding it! Contrats!
Nothing like the first! Congrats!
Lin congrats on your deer,I admire your persaverance in tracking it and finishing the kill,well done. :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
First off, congratulations! Ice breaker for sure!
Persistence doesn't always pay off, but more often then not it does... and that is in every aspect of our lives not just hunting...
Wishing you many more successful hunts to come!
I picked up a new saying on a hunt recently,
"Dead is good deader is better"
I think a back up arrow is never a bad idea. Glad you stuck with it and found her well done, and cute dog :)
Way to go!!!!!
Good job with sticking with it.Congrats on your first.
Way to go Lin! Congrats on finding the Deer...
All's well that ends well.
Way to stick with it.
Looks like the food part turned our really well!
Glad for you Lin
Thank you guys.
I have to extend a big thanks to akaboomer for his help in the search. He also inspired me to keep looking even though we lost the blood trail.
It was particlarly satisfying to take the deer during the muzzleloading season. I determined for myself to hunt this year till I got a deer without resorting to a fire arm.
One little aside to our experience. Daisy (my little dog) loves to go with me on such walks in the woods. As we were walking in to the blind area where I took the shot, we were very quiet and moved slow, watching ahead because every time I aproach the blind, I spook deer. Sure enough, Chris and I spotted some deer and were standing on the creek bank studying them through the binos when all of a sudden Daisy jumped in the creek right behind us! She made a huge splash and noise for such a small dog! The deer and us spooked and she calmy climbs out and shake off right beside us.
Congrats Lin!!!
Congrats now i'm hungry.
Congrats Lin looks tasty!
Perseverance!!!! Good for you sir heck of a story, Congrats Joe
Congrats Lin. Good eatin right there. Your determination and recovery effort is commendable. Your dog story made me chuckle.
Congrats! Good on you for staying with it even when it looked bad.
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Looks good can i have a bite?
Way to go Lin! Nice job of the follow-up!
Nice job Lin. Glad the hard work paid off.
-Dan
Lin, great job. Glad you christened the TallTines.
Great follow up......cool dog! Now ,did you have a knife with you....LOL!
Thanks guys.
Steve, you'd be surprised what this has done for my confidence. Then again, maybe you wouldn't. :D
Since I got this bow from Brian and have seen your bow and Stickflinger's as well as other's and the fine animals you guys take, I have wondered if I can live up to the bow's potential.
I've killed some nice deer by other means but this 80 lb doe is a real trophy to me.
Congrats Lin. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Congrats on the steak dinner Lin!
Congrats :thumbsup:
W :D W:::::Great recovery :thumbsup: CONGRATS Lin :clapper:
Awesome sauce Lin! Still working on my first one.
Way to go, Lin ! Congrats.
Congrats!
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Congrats Lin. Glad you were able to recover the deer.......bad shots happen sometimes, but I hope you have used up your quota and kill every one clean from here on out.
I put the arrow too far back on my first deer as well,(small sitka blacktail) but managed to clip an artery and it only went 25 yards......I'd rather be good, but I'll take lucky as an alternative. :knothead: :D
Darcy
Way to go on your first , and way to stick with it , Congrats for both.......
,,,,Sam,,,,
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Good job sticking it out. Congrats on your first!
I don't think it was mentioned but the hunt was from the ground in a blind made of natural vegitation. Lin had a great setup and used what was available to make it happen. Sometimes thing don't go perfect but work out in the end.
Congrats again Lin and thanks for letting me be a part of it and providing an outstanding lunch.
Chris
Congratulations
Glad you found her Lin! Congratulations!
Nice work on that one Congratulations
Way to stick with it! Congratulations! I bet you sliced that venison up with one of your incredible knives too!
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Congrats Lin!!