Dustin, very nice pictures, congrats on a great hunt..

Thanks Roy,  I've done good for "rifle" season.  Couldn't buy a deer during archery season, but since rifle season started I've gotten 3 nice Doe's in 10 days.  Still have awhile to hunt, and a bunch more tags, so hopefully I can keep it going....

What sort of longbow is that Dustin? Oh and good shooten too.


al in OZ

The falling dark and rising moon on a cold, clear Juneau, Alaska night.

 

That is an awesome picture!  The bow, moon and snow, what a great place.  

Alan,  the bow I used on all 3 Does is a Bears Paw by Neil Jacobson in Lakeside MT.  It is a 66" take-down 70# @ 28".  I love it, it's really a shooter!!!!!  I might have to retire it tommorrow for awhile.  My NEW Bears Paw is supposed to be at the P.O.  so I might have to switch bows and try and get some blood on the NEW bow...

Great pics and stories fellers, thanks for sharing them.

The rain pelted against my hunting blind positioned between a cedar thicket and clover field.  Still, I had a good feeling about this afternoon, so I peered attentively out the front of the blind, anticipating that deer would move when the time was right.
The calendar showed that the Hunter's Moon was on the rise and given that the Kentucky rut was just begining to kick off I knew that anything could happen.  Still, the East wind worried me.  Deer could likely come from down wind and if they did, I might get picked off.  I'd definately have to keep my fingers crossed.
At 3:00 pm, two does appeared from the the east end of the clover field.  Although they approached from up wind, they became nervous near the blind and quicky bolted away.  Dang!  I needed the does to encourage a buck to come in and these two definately were not about to cooperate.
Fifteen minutes passed and a yearling doe walked into view from the West and directly down wind.  She was skittish from the start and walked stiff legged past the blind without so much as a pause.  This was begining to look discouraging.
At 3:30 intuition told me to carefully look to the West and when I did, there he was, a long tined, 3 1/2 year old buck.  He looked to be a basket racked seven point with big shoulders and a heavy body...a dandy of a stickbow deer if ever there was one.  There was only one problem:  he was getting nervous and in an instant, he wheeled to escape.
I sat back in my chair and shook my head.  Dang wind...it must have given me away.  That is exactly what I was afraid of.
Moments passed and I looked up.  To my astonishment, the deer was back and walking my way.  He came toward the blind, nosing on shoots of clover as he walked until stopping broadside only 15 yards away.  
I had already raised and canted the Horne TD Ridgerunner Bow in the event a shot presented.  When the buck turned his head sharply over his shoulder to identify a distant sound, I drew the 40# bow, anchored the Grizzly tipped cedar arrow, and released, watching the arrow bury to the fletch in the buck's side as he bolted away.
The time was 3:40 with the rain coming down hard and since I was confident I had made a lethal shot on the deer, I waited only 10 minutes before taking up the trail.
I quickly found my broken, bloody arrow but could not find any other blood.  The rain had obviously washed it away so rather than look for the buck alone, I obtained the help of fellow hunting fanatic Jansen, the teenaged grandson of the landowner.  
I knew the deer had not gone far and sure enough, after looking for him only a few minutes, Jansen found him dead 25 yards inside the cedar thicket and less than 100 yards from where he was shot.
After shooting three does earlier in the bow season and with Kentucky's gun season starting this Saturday, I was ecstatic to arrow this buck.  He field dressed at 200 lbs and is definately the icing on my proverbial bowhunting cake!
Here is is...

Way to go Claudia! The heck with all the guys on here, I want to hunt with you!

Great buck Claudia, thanks for sharing. I enjoy your articles for TBM as well, keep it up.

well dang Claudia..ain't you somethin'    

Congrats..yet AGAIN!  

Fine-looking buck, Claudia...      

Have you stopped smiling yet Claudia?
 

Thanks, guys!  And to answer your question, Tom...no, I haven't stopped smiling   :D    :D  !

Claudia

Awesome Claudia!  Way to go, one heck of a season for sure.        


David

Way to go Claudia. Your success gives me hope in getting my wife and 9 yr old daughter interested.
Thank You!!
Congrats on a nice buck!!

way to go girl awesome!                jeff

Well Done from Downunder!!!

SSGA  

 Good job Claudia