Cyclic rivers has a story to tell.......

[Izzy]

I wouldnt have believed it if I didnt see it myself. Hes been persistent this year and got to know his place well.

[owlbait]

Did he use one of those awesome gaffs to help drag it out or pull up into his truck? Can't wait to see it, when the time is right!  

[Tater]

Congrats..,Charlie......  

[Cookus]

Congratulations Charlie! Now spill your guts brother!

[SAM E. STEPHENS]

Still here , happy to hear one is down.......
,,Sam,,

[vtmtnman]

Congrats Charlie  

[huntmaster70]

Congrats Charlie! Enough pipe smokin'-start talkin'!!!

[elkken]

[ronp]

Congrats Charlie!!!! I can't wait to hear the details.

[Stone Knife]

I hope there's pics  

[Cookus]

[Stumpkiller]

Hope it's a monster!  None deserve it more.      

Wanna see!  Wanna see!    

[njloco]

O.K. jersey is also waiting for the story,    

[Big Ed]

Charlie,Charlie hello Charlie!!!  

[Sean B]

Lets go!!!   I'm waiting.  I'm pretty pumped for this one!!  

[Big Ed]

Charlie,Charlie hello Charlie!!!  

[Cyclic-Rivers]

Alright Guys,

I will have to say a lot of friends have helped me get my first deer with a bow..

I have been bow hunting 21 years.  At first I just wanted to get a deer but after my friends were killing big ones I started passing chip shots. I have seen hundreds of deer walk pat me.  Since I moved to NY I found a new passion Archery!  Its not that I hadn't been shooting, I was. I had a compound and lost interest.  Fast forward a few years after rediscovering how much fun a stick  and string could be..... Now I am an addict. This is the second deer I have shot at with a trad bow. ( the first was last week and I wounded that one). ((well actually the first was when I was 12 with a bear grizzly))

So I have been having a hard time seeing deer or deer movement on this small farm I received permission to hunt on this year.  I have put in a lot of time but think the deer only pass through and mostly at night. The ones that do come through in daylight cross a 30 acre field at any given points.  

That brings me to last night.  I decided I would do something different so I text my friend Izzy to see what kind of activity a local piece of public land had over this season.  He tells me they have been logging.

So this morning I decided to go to the public land. I found a good spot there last year near some bedding but in a travel corridor that allows them to travel during daylight hours undetected. This spot has no less than 12 major trails running through it.

Its about a half mile  in. By the time I was all settled, I guess I sweated a bit.  I was sitting in my climber that was from Huntryx and my back itched from the sweat.  

It was a beautiful morning. rain popped up out of nowhere. the temps were chilly but comfortable.

It was a quiet morning and about 8:30 I was starting to contemplate all the chores I needed to do today. Most were not done    

[Cyclic-Rivers]

About 8:35 my morning coffee is starting to press so i decided to stand up and let off some pressure.  You know just in case a deer comes in and takes a long time, I figured it would be one last thing to worry about.

The tree I was in didn't have any branches to hang the bow from so I took the arrow off the string and placed it on my seat. I then hooked the bow from a bungee cord.  At this point my attention was turned to the project in hand. That's when I looked in the opposite direction I figured a deer would travel from.  

DEER. So now its zip up (before going) get my bow up and arrow on the string all the while keeping one eye on the deer and one on my gear making sure I do not clank the stand.

At this point he is closing fast. Too fast. He is coming straight at me and my stand was on the opposite side of the tree from him which allowed me some lee way with movement.  He stopped about 5 yards from my tree and I was trying to decide which side he would walk on.

I took a guess and was right.

The deer moved to my left and I was ready for him.

[LITTLEBIGMAN]

way to go Charlie!! congrats man!

[Stumpkiller]

Shhhhhhhh.   Don't interrupt.