Its been a few years now since i moved from compound to longbow.
While I have enjoyed many good hunts, and shot a range of pigs and goats and small game i had yet to take a deer of any species. partly because I soon realized after my first couple of atempts that deer, and especially fallow have an amazing ability to jump the string. With this in mind I limited myself to less than 20 yards and in the open country the fallow inhabit around here i can only just hint at the countless hours spent on my belly just beyond shooting range from deer.
Situations like this.
(http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll56/shankspony_photos/fallow%20unt2_zpsapianaqk.jpg) (http://s285.photobucket.com/user/shankspony_photos/media/fallow%20unt2_zpsapianaqk.jpg.html)
finally I sent an arrow away a few days ago. it was one of those shots you know you have done right. It felt and looked good as it flew. The buck didn't play ball though, catching the flight of the arrow he started to move at the last moment. The side on shot turned into a long raking one, though I still felt as he disappeared that I had him.
It took two days to find him, mostly due to me picking up the wrong set of buck tracks leaving the scene in the direction I thought he had gone. I knew he was down though and widened my search. Turned out he had doubled around behind me before crashing down the other side of the hill.
(http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll56/shankspony_photos/fsllow%20hunt_zpsrxzsdmfw.jpg) (http://s285.photobucket.com/user/shankspony_photos/media/fsllow%20hunt_zpsrxzsdmfw.jpg.html)
Congrats! That is a beautiful animal. Way to stay after him.
:thumbsup: :clapper:
Congrats on your buck. Glad you were able to recover him.
Congratulations Sir!!!!! :) :) :)
Very awesome! :thumbsup: Congrats to you Sir!
Good stuff Shanks!
Congrats! :thumbsup: :campfire:
Great job on a great buck!!
Awesome !!!!!
Congratulations,.....beautiful buck...!
Congratulations. Very nice. What gear were you using?
Thanks guys.
Joe, bow is a Toelke Whip. 57#
Broadhead was a 170gr badger and arrow weight up around 640gr.
:clapper: :archer2:
Glad you stuck with it and found him, congrats
That Sir, is "Sealing the Deal". Way to stay after it. :clapper:
Beautiful animal! Congratulations!
:thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Very nice congrats :thumbsup:
Congrats! Neat looking animal!
Glad you found him and well done staying with the search.
Way to go, the first is always the hardest.
Cheers all. Yep the first of almost anything is always the toughest. Next big hunt will be chamois and Tahr In May. should be some excitment.
AWESOME!
Congrats to you sir! I just home from NZ today. It is a beautiful and rugged place! That country is definitely hard to navigate, and to get close enough to close the deal.
Congrats again,
Bisch
Congrats!
congrats
Congrats!
well done mate. i understand completely the journey that is shooting a deer with trad gear. everything is earned.
Nice, congrats!
Congrats. That's great.
Congratulations! What a beautiful buck.
Nice job and Congrats!
Awesome,congrats!
After two days just wondering if the meat was still good. Nice animal.
After two days just wondering if the meat was still good. Nice animal.
Awesome creature, I've always dreamed of hunting New Zealand.
Congratulations! Outstanding Hunt!
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After two days just wondering if the meat was still good. Nice animal.
Cheers for the comments all. Bish Were you hunting the roar here?
The meat looked fine, but I erred on the side of caution and brought it home for my dogs so that it wasn't wasted.
That's a giant achievement! Congratulations on an outstanding deer. They are really beautiful animals. The does have a pretty cape too.
P.s. Nice bow.
Beautiful. Congrats mate!
AJ
Wonderful trophy, congrats Brother!
QuoteOriginally posted by chase perry:
That's a giant achievement! Congratulations on an outstanding deer. They are really beautiful animals. The does have a pretty cape too.
P.s. Nice bow.
The color range goes from white, through red, and to black like the buck in the photo. The red ones in summer would be one of the prettiest deer you can see. Bright red with white as white spots and highlights. A trophy in their own right.
Outstanding harvest!
Great work!
Congratulations on an outstanding trophy! You should post this to the 2015 highlights thread if you have time!
Congratulations!!!