Sharptop at the Ranch

[Sharptop]

A little tired from the drive back to north Georgia but had a great time at the ranch and enjoyed the company of a bunch of great guys.

I just took up trad archery from gun hunting last Feb so I am a rookie and had never shot at an animal other than one hog until this trip. I was 0-5 on my shots and I'll explain to you how each happened and what I learned. Also talking with everyone I probably had more deer come in to my stands than anyone but compared to last year one of our group had more deer come in the first afternoon last year than I saw the whole trip.

It was explained to me that these deer come in wired and you have to shoot low as they will duck and you will shoot over them. Something I later describe as the Texas two drop. The first afternoon I had a doe come in at about 15 yards broadside and I took the shot shooting right under the doe. It didn't seem to drop. The next morning I was in a ground blind. Here in a photo...

POSTED PHOTOS NO WIDER THAN 640 PLEASE

and please go and change the dang thread title ... "1" ??? huh???

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The feeders were set to go off at 7 A.M. and 4:30 P.M. Before 7 I had a big pig come in and then step back. When the feeder went off he came back offering a broadside and I let loose. I think I misjudged the distance and later realized I was shooting slightly uphill. It was probably 22 yards and the arrow looked like a roman candle bouncing off rocks as it hit under the hog's belly. But an hour later........

[Mudd]

It's another Lamb-poon thread...lol It's ok, I'm learning to wait you folks out..lol

God bless,Mudd

[Hawkeye]

"Lamb-poon"    Good one, Mudd!

You'll just have to wait for the perfect opportunity before you try to draw!!!!

[George D. Stout]

You could try a real hog trough at fifteen paces, or maybe put a blind on top of the feeder.
Just sayin'....  

[lt-m-grow]

Mudd this may be a whole new variation of the Lamb-poon -- he didn't even title the thread or did he...

[JEFF B]

keep it comming sharptop sounds good so far