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A good two days

Started by Bill Carlsen, October 07, 2012, 12:50:00 PM

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Bill Carlsen

October 07, 2012, 12:50:00 PM
I was reluctant to post this because I had camera trouble and the deer I shot was not the deer I thought she was. I haven't killed a deer from a treestand in a number of years so I was fooled by the size...there was some ground shrinkage. And then my camera failed to cooperate. But, long story short. I had put up a stand on the north side of a thicket where I had already had a stand on the south side. I had seen a monstrous buck a week before on the north side and decided that the deer activity I saw there last year indicated I should have a stand on both sides so I could play the wind better. So, last week, during a rain storm, I set up a new stand on the north side. Last Monday, Oct.1, I decided to sit the new stand. After about an hour in the stand I heard some noise off to my left and decided to take my bow off the hanger. There was a full moon and it seemed too early for deer activity but after daydreaming a bit I looked down to see a doe about 15 yards away, feeding. Never saw her come in and never heard her. She looked young but was fawnless...certainly not one of this years fawns. She was head on for quite a while but I decided that if she gave me a shot I would attempt it. She had "noticed" me is the tree but didn't seem at all alarmed. At one point she turned broadside and i started to draw. Then she started to walk, quartering away. Because she was now moving I aimed at the front of her shoulder thinking she would walk into the arrow. However, when I shot two things happened. She stopped dead in her tracks and fortunately the arrow caught her in the throat. Secondly, deer in the swamp started to run in every direction...deer I did not know were there. I found my arrow in four pieces, all covered in blood and about 20 yards passed my other tree stand the blood trail ended. I decided to take some pics but the camera did not cooperate. The only pic that came out was the one I am posting.

I called my friend, Todd (Birdbow on here) to tell  him the good news. After some guy talk he told me that that next morning he had to bring his son, Gregg, to the University to be picked up for military training. He asked if he could stop buy and sit in one of my turkey blinds for a while. Well, that was easy to answer and the second pic tells another story...which he may or may not want to add to. In any event it was a good two days.  Good company and two filled tags.

My young doe. Broadhead was a really sharp 3 blade Razorcap. If leaves had not been on the trees I would have seen her go down. Bow used was my DAS with 58# Wines limbs, Axis 400 arrow. Damage to the deer was devastating.



Todd and his turkey. He was shooting a 60# Big Jim Thunderchild bow, big Snuffers and I believe GT shafts.

The best things in life....aren't things!

SheltonCreeker

#1
October 07, 2012, 01:48:00 PM
Nice. Good eating right there!
"Other things being equal, it is the man who shoots with his heart in his bow that hits the mark." Dr. Saxton Pope

Big Ed

#2
October 07, 2012, 02:07:00 PM
Very nice on both accounts!!
"Get kids involved in the outdoors"

rastaman

#3
October 07, 2012, 02:09:00 PM
:thumbsup:    :thumbsup:
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SAM E. STEPHENS

#4
October 07, 2012, 02:11:00 PM
Congrats to both of you....
,,Sam,,
HUNT OLD SCHOOL

Razorbak

#5
October 07, 2012, 02:49:00 PM
Congrats again Bill to you and Todd..like I told ya the other night..just AWESOME!!!
TGMM Family of the Bow

#6
October 07, 2012, 03:37:00 PM
Congrats to both of y'all!

Bisch

Huntrdfk

#7
October 07, 2012, 07:31:00 PM
Congrats Bill!!!


David
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varmint101

#8
October 07, 2012, 07:39:00 PM
Nice Bill!
Bless The Lord, O My Soul!

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longbowray

#9
October 07, 2012, 07:44:00 PM
Way to go .
BOWHUNTTER FOR LIFE

Hoyt

#10
October 07, 2012, 08:49:00 PM
Good Shoot'n!

LA Trapper

#11
October 07, 2012, 11:18:00 PM
Congrats Bill.
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Hooper

#12
October 07, 2012, 11:29:00 PM
Congrats to both of you, nice!
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kat

#13
October 08, 2012, 10:19:00 AM
Way to go Bill.    :thumbsup:
Ken Thornhill

vintage-bears

#14
October 08, 2012, 10:22:00 AM
Congratulations.
That broadhead made a hole!
"In the wind, He's still alive"
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maineac

#15
October 08, 2012, 10:23:00 AM
Looks good Bill!!  Tender vittles!
The season gave him perfect mornings, hunter's moons and fields of freedom found only by walking them with a predator's stride.
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Bill Carlsen

#16
October 08, 2012, 01:29:00 PM
She is really good eating, Mike. How are things going up  your way?
The best things in life....aren't things!

ron w

#17
October 08, 2012, 04:38:00 PM
:thumbsup:     :notworthy:   Job well done...
In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities. In the expert's there are few...So the most difficult thing is always to keep your beginner's mind...This is also the real secret of the arts: always be a beginner.  Shunryu Suzuki

Cyclic-Rivers

#18
October 08, 2012, 06:55:00 PM
:thumbsup:     :campfire:
Relax,

You'll live longer!

Charlie Janssen

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Wisconsin Traditional Archers


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bruinman

#19
October 08, 2012, 07:32:00 PM
Congrats on both critters.
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