It's 3:30 am, sorry guys, will post more tommorrow.

But to keep things interesting;

Nice shot !

Can't wait for the story congrats  

Eclipse?Nice shooting.

That's gotta hurt! Nice shot.

Well done!

yeah, they don't normally survive that...  

Yep, looks fatal!

That'll make you want to lay down and take a nap! Congradulations. Hap

You creep!  :mad:  

Killdeer  

that thers a broken watch, the tickers shot!! now how bout a picture of the watch???

Sorry for the delay in further updates, brother had his first child last night.  7 pound 1 ounce Marshal James Daly.

As for the hunt. Spotted a couple of decent fork blacktail on the edge of a timber patch shortly before dark. Checked  the wind and began a short stalk. Darkness was setting in quickly but I had not trouble in spotting the bucks.  I lost sight of them briefly in the timber as I worked around a deadfall to get into shooting position. I crept around to a clear shooting lane, and spotted a buck with his head turned away, contently feeding.  At about 8 yards the 60 pound Sky Longbow sent the 700 grain fir shaft tipped with a i50 grain Magnus Jopurneyman head on it's lethal journey.  The buck went on a dead run for a solid 8 - 10 seconds.  I waited an hour and began the trail.  After 50 or so yards the trail began flowing quite well, I could actually follow this one from a standing position with a flashlight!  After 150 yards I decided to wait until morning, it would be cool enough, and there is no wory of scavengers in the area.  I met my brother in the morning and took up the trail again.  In less than 45 minutes we found the end of the trail.  Bucks on the run can cover a heck of a lot of grond in 10 short seconds!  

The two bucks I first began stalking were decent forks, the one at the end of the trail was not among the two I remeber stalking at all.  

A small crabclaw spike/fork.  Not the one I was expecting, but a lovely animal none the less.  Still legal, and excellent table fare.  In the fading twilight I only saw the bucks antlers as a rear profile, and not a side profile.  From the rear they looked of similar hight and spread as the smaller fork.  While initially surprised, I am still quite happy with the harvest, and just now realized it is the first big game harvest for my new to me Sky Bow.

Congratulations to you all  

   

Congrats  

Congrats