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Title: Finally.
Post by: shankspony on April 18, 2015, 05:50:00 PM
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)
Title: Re: Finally.
Post by: fnshtr on April 18, 2015, 06:07:00 PM
Congrats! That is a beautiful animal. Way to stay after him.

  :thumbsup:      :clapper:
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Post by: Jon Kaw on April 18, 2015, 06:08:00 PM
Congrats on your buck.  Glad you were able to recover him.
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Post by: cmh on April 18, 2015, 06:09:00 PM
Congratulations Sir!!!!!  :)   :)   :)
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Post by: LookMomNoSights on April 18, 2015, 06:14:00 PM
Very awesome!   :thumbsup:   Congrats to you Sir!
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Post by: Dogboy900 on April 18, 2015, 06:33:00 PM
Good stuff Shanks!
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Post by: daveycrockett on April 18, 2015, 06:33:00 PM
Congrats!   :thumbsup:    :campfire:
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Post by: Cavscout9753 on April 18, 2015, 07:05:00 PM
Great job on a great buck!!
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Post by: trad_bowhunter1965 on April 18, 2015, 07:28:00 PM
Awesome !!!!!
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Post by: Tater on April 18, 2015, 08:04:00 PM
Congratulations,.....beautiful buck...!
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Post by: Joe2Crow on April 18, 2015, 08:13:00 PM
Congratulations.  Very nice.  What gear were you using?
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Post by: shankspony on April 18, 2015, 08:17:00 PM
Thanks guys.

Joe, bow is a Toelke Whip. 57#

Broadhead was a 170gr badger and arrow weight up around 640gr.
Title: Re: Finally.
Post by: Pine on April 18, 2015, 08:36:00 PM
:clapper:     :archer2:
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Post by: Kopper1013 on April 18, 2015, 08:37:00 PM
Glad you stuck with it and found him, congrats
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Post by: Broken Quiver on April 18, 2015, 09:21:00 PM
That Sir, is "Sealing the Deal". Way to stay after it.   :clapper:
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Post by: Big Lefty on April 18, 2015, 09:35:00 PM
Beautiful animal!  Congratulations!
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Post by: kadbow on April 18, 2015, 09:48:00 PM
:thumbsup:    :thumbsup:
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Post by: Steve Jr on April 18, 2015, 09:53:00 PM
Very nice congrats    :thumbsup:
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Post by: Cyclic-Rivers on April 18, 2015, 10:23:00 PM
Congrats! Neat looking animal!

Glad you found him and well done staying with the search.
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Post by: ranger 3 on April 18, 2015, 10:30:00 PM
Way to go, the first is always the hardest.
Title: Re: Finally.
Post by: shankspony on April 19, 2015, 12:49:00 AM
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.
Title: Re: Finally.
Post by: on April 19, 2015, 01:14:00 AM
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
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Post by: KyStickbow on April 19, 2015, 03:15:00 AM
Congrats!
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Post by: drewsbow on April 19, 2015, 06:29:00 AM
congrats
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Post by: Paul Cousineau on April 19, 2015, 08:23:00 AM
Congrats!
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Post by: ozy clint on April 19, 2015, 04:34:00 PM
well done mate. i understand completely the journey that is shooting a deer with trad gear. everything is earned.
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Post by: wooddamon1 on April 19, 2015, 08:39:00 PM
Nice, congrats!
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Post by: monsterbuck on April 19, 2015, 09:03:00 PM
Congrats. That's great.
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Post by: Stump73 on April 19, 2015, 10:07:00 PM
Congratulations!  What a beautiful buck.
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Post by: Jerry Jeffer on April 20, 2015, 02:41:00 AM
Nice job and Congrats!
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Post by: Longbow58 on April 20, 2015, 09:50:00 AM
Awesome,congrats!
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Post by: highlow on April 20, 2015, 03:26:00 PM
After two days just wondering if the meat was still good. Nice animal.
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Post by: highlow on April 20, 2015, 03:27:00 PM
After two days just wondering if the meat was still good. Nice animal.
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Post by: Wudstix on April 20, 2015, 10:29:00 PM
Awesome creature, I've always dreamed of hunting New Zealand.
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Post by: Lazy J on April 20, 2015, 11:00:00 PM
Congratulations! Outstanding Hunt!
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Post by: shankspony on April 21, 2015, 02:51:00 AM
QuoteOriginally posted by highlow:
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.
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Post by: chase perry on April 21, 2015, 10:25:00 AM
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.
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Post by: Amberjack on April 21, 2015, 10:50:00 AM
Beautiful.  Congrats mate!

AJ
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Post by: KentuckyTJ on April 21, 2015, 01:46:00 PM
Wonderful trophy, congrats Brother!
Title: Re: Finally.
Post by: shankspony on April 21, 2015, 03:36:00 PM
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.
Title: Re: Finally.
Post by: Friend on August 11, 2015, 11:52:00 PM
Outstanding harvest!
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Post by: Msturm on August 12, 2015, 04:28:00 AM
Great work!
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Post by: Michael Arnette on August 12, 2015, 07:45:00 AM
Congratulations on an outstanding trophy! You should post this to the 2015 highlights thread if you have time!
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Post by: maineac on August 12, 2015, 09:06:00 AM
Congratulations!!!