Last Fling in MO UPDATE w/pics

kennym · January 06, 2012, 02:43:00 PM

I have 5.33 days left that I can hunt in bow season.

lpcjon2 · January 06, 2012, 03:03:00 PM

Good luck Kenny

magnus · January 06, 2012, 03:03:00 PM

Good luck Kenny! Let us know how it turns out.

bretto · January 06, 2012, 03:07:00 PM

Good luck Kenny. Our last rifle season is going on right now until Sun. ( Antlerless ) All unused tags are good for this season.

I know You can Bow hunt now also if You wear orange. I'm going out tomorrow after it cools off a little. I also live in unit 19 and I can take a doe up to Jan 31st with My bow.

January 06, 2012, 03:08:00 PM

hopefully your pics include something dead, i seen three last nite but nowhere close enough for a shot, i'm gonna try calling in a coyote after deer seasons over. way to many of those around here.
good luck.

leftyfred · January 06, 2012, 03:51:00 PM

Scare some down my way! With this wind the past two weeks I've seen zilch.
Leftyfred

kennym · January 06, 2012, 07:26:00 PM

Tonite was a bust for deer, too warm I think.

Saw 5 Toms, but 200 yds off.

And a hawk that scared me a bit, came outta nowhere and dropped in the weeds right in front of me!

perry f. · January 06, 2012, 10:24:00 PM

Good luck!

BWD · January 07, 2012, 11:47:00 AM

Get um Kenny.

kennym · January 07, 2012, 03:29:00 PM

My knee didn't wanna go this AM after packing a stand in and hangin it last nite. Sooo I drove around the section at daylite and saw .......23 dang deer!!

Took a tree ladder in this afternoon and moved the stand after a little scouting. If NW wind in AM, I hope to have some luck in the mornin!

I have good trails on 4 sides of the stand with farthest at 18-20 yds :cool:

perry f. · January 07, 2012, 03:47:00 PM

Hope your late season goes better than mine did. Had to have my gall bladder taken out over Christmas and our season ended with me in the easy chair. Best wishes!

Pat B. · January 07, 2012, 04:40:00 PM

Go get 'em Kenny!

Bluefeather · January 07, 2012, 07:15:00 PM

I feel your pain Kenny,I'm in the same state.Going out tomorrow morning to see if I can make it happen.Talked to a guy this morning who had a nice 8 pointer in his pick-up that he'd just shot with a bow.

kennym · January 07, 2012, 07:50:00 PM

Thanks guys! Got some pics loading...

njloco · January 07, 2012, 07:53:00 PM

kennym · January 07, 2012, 08:01:00 PM

They're loadin, OK!!

varmint101 · January 07, 2012, 08:05:00 PM

Ooo!

kennym · January 07, 2012, 08:10:00 PM

The story-

I had a wild plan to hunt where some deer had been comin across the gravel road on the north lease . I parked by the neighbors house and walked 150 yds down thru the beanfield,looping around so the deer didn't cross where I walked before the shot op.

As if they read the play book, at 4:40, 3 does come over the far hill and gallop to the road. Confidently, the 1st one crossed and walked right out in front of where I sat in my double Bull chair nestled in some pinoaks, with a cedar cut and propped up in front.

My plan was to shoot before they hit the scentstream. This can bite you if a buck you want is bringing up the rear.

At the shot(which I thought was low and forward) she took off at full throttle,giving a high jump as she went over the hill in the beanfield.

One doe went with her,the other stood across the road, knowing something was wrong here. She finally followed , so I walked out and picked up the arrow that snapped off when she took off.

Not too good on penetration, I thought. I would find later that it hit the legbone on the far side and bounced back partway.

Here is what I saw when I topped the little hill...

kennym · January 07, 2012, 08:15:00 PM

The pic above is about where she jumped high on top of the hill, you can see where she staggered.

A nice doe, one of my buddies had just called and told me if I shot one and didn't want it, he didn't have any. Seems he had been doin a lot of duck huntin, wanted to give me some duck meat if I got him a deer. I told him "how bout I just give you the deer?"

The ol test bow should be thouroghly tested now, but I still have an any-deer tag....

Here is where the arrow entered..

And what it took out on the way..

kennym · January 07, 2012, 08:17:00 PM

By the way, this is my first ever 3 under deer and first since 2003 with a wood arrow.

A Surewood from a Braveheart test kit.

These test kits are the bomb!