Late Season Longbow Doe!

[Skipmaster1]

I started this thread earlier this week, saying how I was busting out the trad gear for a late season hunt today


http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=069323

Well, my planning payed off! After sitting in the stand for 3 hrs in 7 degree weather I was offered a shot by this big doe at 15yds. I was 17' up a pin oakin my LW climber in the middle of a hemlock grove. She came in and turned broadside. I drew, hit my anchor, picked a spot and the shot was perfect! she ran 30yds and tipped over. there was very little blood but the Magnus did it's job!

[Arwin]

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!  Awesome bro!!! Way to pull it off.  

[Larry247]

Good shot....Its tuff hunting when its this cold, you did good....

[Benny Nganabbarru]

[Chris Surtees]

[BowHuntingFool]

That is awesome bro, a big congrats!!!!!! Nice shootin!  

[Focusource]

Very nice.  Hunting in 7 degree weather cannot be easy.

[LC]

Cool! Ditto to what everyone else said above!

[bowhunterfrompast]

Congrats  

[flungonin]

awsome, love to see a happy hunter and game taken with traditional gear. congrats

[Brian Krebs]

   

[Guru]

Very well done!! Congrats    

BTW- what did you do to keep your hands warm enough to make a good shot? Just curious...

[ishoot4thrills]

Great job! I hunted in 11 degrees in a tree and I thought that was hard to do!          

[Bonebuster]

Awesome...anyone who has spent time in a late season stand knows how difficult it can be.

Congratulations!

[wapitimike1]

A very nice reward for a great effort, Good job.

[Owlgrowler]

Nice!! Look at the head on that thing

[Skipmaster1]

Originally posted by Guru:
Very well done!! Congrats        

BTW- what did you do to keep your hands warm enough to make a good shot? Just curious...

Thanks everyone. It was a lot of fun. I'm headed out again monday to see if I can get on another! when i got out of the stand i saw 8 deer across the field and one was a great 8pt.


I wasn't actually that cold. I still had a few layers in my pack to still put on and didn't need. I never wear gloves when I hunt, have a fleece hand muff and that thing works freakin' great. I just put my arm through my string and into the muff. when a deer comes in I slide my hands out and I already have my bow in my hand. If it gets really cold or I pull an all day sit I will throw a hand warmer in there and it's like an oven

[Skipmaster1]

Here is the entrance



Here is the Exit



I guess in hind sight I was a little far forward. I always aim straight up the front leg with my compound, but I want to give myself a little more room around heavy bone with my stick bows. The shot took the top of the heart nearly off.

[Skipmaster1]

Originally posted by Owlgrowler:
Nice!! Look at the head on that thing

Hahha. i know, it's a big doe with a huge head. when it first came in I wasn't gonna shoot, cause I thought it was a shed buck. I got a good look at it and when I saw it was a doe i was pumped!

[ISP 5353]

Great job!  Looks Yummy!