Dang lucky deer ..a close encounter

DCM · October 31, 2007, 01:51:00 PM

Mickey I noticed you had the lil sliver bow in some of those Wisconson pics. Now twiggy out second year in a row. I hope you bloody one, as I'll likely not bloody one myself. And I'm honored by your choice, but you are hereby officially allowed to hunt w/ a different bow buddy.

Had the same thing early season w/ a set of does, only at a good 400 yards across the bean field, again recently at maybe 20 or 30 yards. Have had same w/ coyote. Sometimes they bump and run, sometimes just put their nose up, mess around a bit then move on. You gotta accept the fact wind will mess up some portion of the animals in the area. It's perty darn fun having them inside of 10 yards though!

Good luck.

Mudd · October 31, 2007, 02:07:00 PM

Hey Mickie.. sounds like you had fun. I am asking myself if I had fun or not..lol I haven't been in the woods hunting off the ground for years before this season. I've managed to kill a tree which I want to blame on a noisey recurve(BW) but last evening it was just me. I guess I'd forgotten what my heart felt like trying its best to get outside my chest. I'd hate to think what it'd feel like if it were a buck instead of a yearling doe. I remember those feelings from years ago but I truly thought I'd gotten over "deer fever" but I think being back on ground level and at very close yardage can make for a good heart check. The last time I can remember it beating that hard or fast they had me on a table doing what they called a chemical treadmill.(not fun)
Thanks for sharing.
God bless,Mudd

the Ferret · October 31, 2007, 02:31:00 PM

Keith..YOU GOT THAT RIGHT!LOL

Mudd..know the feeling brother!

David. I tend to hunt with bows that please me.Those little osage slivers really please me. Plus I know those two are expertly tillered

Blooding one would be fun but not necessary for me to enjoy the hunt. The path travelled is more important to me than the destination. I'll also be hunting with skinny little osage bows from Timo and Wingnut this season. I love this stuff.

Huntrdfk · October 31, 2007, 02:44:00 PM

Awesome Mickey, nothing better than when you can see a deer's eyelashes, it's nature's blood thinner for us.......

David

shawnee · October 31, 2007, 05:19:00 PM

Gotta love it, Mickey. At least you know that your heart is getting a regular workout!

I'm bowhunting from the ground this year too. Just haven't had any close encounters as of yet. The weather's starting to cool down finally, so I can hopefully get out more in the next couple of weeks.

the Ferret · October 31, 2007, 05:24:00 PM

Got that right David.

Clint, it'll happen. You hunting with one of your rock/canes?

shawnee · October 31, 2007, 05:42:00 PM

Yep, what little I've been out.

Temps are still running in the upper 70's here a lot....had a few cooler days, but not many. I can't hunt in the mornings during the week, and haven't hunted the evenings much yet because of the heat.

Took last weekend off and hunted with the little .40 cal mountain rifle I built a few years ago. Still gotta go make that rotten egg smell occasionally.

Weather's supposed to start cooling off some...I plan on getting pretty serious about it from now on. I've already decided that the next deer I shoot with a bow will be with the little flatbow, cane arrow, and stone head. It might take a while, but that's just how it's gonna be!

Aeronut · October 31, 2007, 08:05:00 PM

How'd your thumb heal up Clint?

Dennis

Mick · November 01, 2007, 12:57:00 AM

Hey Mick,
That reminds me of a red fox I once saw. He was traveling into the wind coming across a hay field twards the corner of the woods where I was sitting 15 ft. up in a maple. He was just about to enter the woods and all of the sudden.......BANG! I swear I saw him turn inside out in his skin to change directions. Funniest thing I ever saw in the woods. As it turns out, it was the same very distinctivley pale fox that I missed three weeks earlier....3 times...@ 20 yrds. :rolleyes:

The Mickster

shawnee · November 01, 2007, 01:37:00 PM

Dennis,

The finger finally healed up fine....took a while though. Wasn't my thumb, it was my trigger finger.

Stitches didn't hold, and neither did the tape they put on it after the stitches. Finally had to do it my way, and super glue it. Healed up fine now, just don't have much feeling back in it yet.

the Ferret · November 01, 2007, 03:11:00 PM

Clint..hope it wasn't a knapping accident

shawnee · November 01, 2007, 03:42:00 PM

Nah, not a knapping accident, but a stupid one.

Using a pocketknife to try and loosen a screw on a dremel tool, the week before MOJAM. Let it slam shut on the end of my finger...I knew better, but I'd done it lots of times and got away with it. Not that time. 7 stitches to put it back together. As my granddad used to say..... that'll learn ya.