2012 was the last time I killed a deer with my bow. I've had some bad luck, with a couple lost animals and a few misses. After working on my bow, my luck has finally changed.
I hit the woods this morning looking for a new tree that was near a trail that I saw 6 deer on Friday morning. Planning on being set up by 6am, I had to wait for some light to see what was climbable. Dark and foggy, and a GPS that didn't put me in the right spot, I finally found a tree to climb. I was about 25 yards from my target tree.
I wasn't happy, with all the walking around and noise I made. But, I was finally in a tree. I pulled my bow up and got my arrow with tracker string already attached.
It was already 6:45. I looked down hill from my stand, from where I expect those 6 deer to come from and ...... hold on, I have to do something. :archer2:
Not fair!!!
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So, right away I saw a deer around 100 yards out, walking my way. I got on my feet and waited. When it stopped and turned around to walk back down hill, I gave a bleat call. It stopped and looked my way. Here it comes. A few minutes later, I gave two more bleats. Now it's walking right at me. It stopped and stood broadside at 10 yards, with it's head and neck behind a tree.
Can't wait to here the rest of the story.
side note: consumer grade gps units get, at best, 20-30ft accuracy and that is in open field conditions. Once you bring them into any sort of cover, like trees, accuracy can quickly jump to 100ft+. GPS is line-of-sight with satellites, so more cover = less accuracy.
If you are using the unit to mark points and track-back to that point later...satellites are in different positions on different days, so each day, the unit will bring you to a different point....all in the general area of several hundred sq. ft.
As he was looking around, I saw the head turn away. I came to full draw, settled my newly added single sight pin low on his chest and the arrow was away. Immediately, string came out of my home made tracker like a big fish was on. I knew it was mine. After 60 yards, it just walked off, still pulling line. 120 yards, the tail was spinning like a propeller and down it went. Another minute of kicking and done.
The arrow was stuck in the ground and was broken.
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Woohoo! Nice work & well done... Congratulations on a beautiful buck!
Nice buck!!!!
Congratulations
God bless,
Rodd
Well worth the wait!
Congrats, great buck!
Beautiful buck!! Congrats!!
Great buck. :thumbsup: Congratulations.
Great Buck and story, congratulations.
Nice job......... :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
I'd say the drought is over. Nice buck. I know it can be very frustrating at times but glad to see you stuck with it. Too easy to give up and return to the wheels, or, and I hate to even say it, go to the Xbow. :thumbsup:
nice buck , congrats
Nice buck. I really like the lighting in the second picture. That's a quality photo. Congratulations!
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awesome!!!! congrats bud
Beautiful buck, well worth the wait!! Beautiful photography as well. :thumbsup:
Denny
Fantastic, congrats Brother. Love the big 6 points. Pretty rare!
QuoteOriginally posted by KentuckyTJ:
Fantastic, congrats Brother. Love the big 6 points. Pretty rare!
Actually it's a 7. Almost wish the 2" g3 wasn't there.
QuoteOriginally posted by Highlow:
I'd say the drought is over. Nice buck. I know it can be very frustrating at times but glad to see you stuck with it. Too easy to give up and return to the wheels, or, and I hate to even say it, go to the Xbow.
Actually, my frustration of missing a doe and losing another this year was making me think of going back to a compound. I didn't feel confident, and felt I owed it to the animals to make clean kills. Which wasn't happening. My eyes seem to be all over a deer at the shot. That's when I rustled through my old compound gadgets and found enough pieces to put a single pin on the bow. Made all the difference. The pin settled and the arrow was away. I'll always have a tracker on too, that was awesome.
Thanks all for the replies.
Nice story bro!! Beautiful buck as well.
That's a dandy! Congratulations, not only on a really nice buck, but excellent photography also! :clapper:
Bernie
Very nice.
That's an awesome deer! Congrats and thanks for sharing!
Beautiful! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Good story and buck! I need some of your mojo right now.
That is awesome!
Congrats,
Bisch
P.S. - I would be interested in seeing what you have for a sight and how it is put on your bow!
was that an old film can you used?
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Great deer...congrats!
Beautiful buck...Congrats!
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QuoteOriginally posted by carbonflyr:
was that an old film can you used?
I had a bunch of these plastic containers that I was putting bait in for trapping.
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I traced a quarter for the hole. Attached with a screw where a quiver would go.
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QuoteOriginally posted by Bisch:
That is awesome!
Congrats,
Bisch
P.S. - I would be interested in seeing what you have for a sight and how it is put on your bow!
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Sorry for the blurry pics. Hard to hold still on macro setting.
I put a piece of foam behind the black piece to try and save my riser from scratches.
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Beautiful Buck. Congrats!
And the story gets better. I posted my success on another site, and one of the members there PM's me.
"I have your buck on camera".
As it turns out, he hunts off of a road that parallels the road I hunt. All private land. Sure enough he has the same buck. He never knew the buck was there until today when he checked his camera. Too bad for him, but so glad he sent me the pic.
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That is a dandy.
Nice buck, congrats!
Wow congratulations!
Cool deal, congrats on a wonderful animal.
Neat story and congrats on the deer.
That's awesome!
Great buck! Congrats! :thumbsup:
Thanks for never giving up on yourself. :clapper:
Real nice buck.
I got my buck back from the taxidermist last week. Hard left turn, so he looks at me as I enter my office, and he looks away from my desk (just like when I shot him). Came out pretty good I think.
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Nice 6 point!
Looks awesome!
Bisch
QuoteOriginally posted by South MS Bowhunter:
Nice 6 point!
I see 7?
Bisch
Congratulations!