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[Mudd]

Nice buck Brad!

Congratulations buddy!!

[goingoldskool]

Very, very nice!!!!

Thanks for sharing.....

Last Sunday evening I went out in the heat and wind.... had a doe and fawn come in right at dark.  She was on high alert and never offered a decent shot. Walked out and managed to walk up on a nice buck.... With the wind blowing as hard as it was and in my face,  he didn't know I was there until we saw each other.  No arrow nocked.... no shot taken.

Good luck and God Bless

Rodd

[bowhunterfrompast]

Hey Brad...Congrats    

[kennym]

Nice one Brad!! Congrats!      

[RLA]

Congrats on a real nice buck!

[K.S.TRAPPER]

Nice buck Brad congrats!!!

That should feed them growing boys for a few days      

Tracy

Well we went to MO last week, and it was kind of a bust! I saw one yearling buck the first morning, that I could have shot, but elected not to. The I never saw a deer till the last morning, and those does never came close enough to give me a shot. My buddy never saw a deer while on stand. We know there were deer on the property because we were seeing them all the time driving in and out! There was a couple local guys around us, and they too were not seeing much. We were hunting near Mountain Grove.

Bisch

[goingoldskool]

Sorry for the late post.... but I finally got my first trad kill on 30 October!  With work and kid activities,  time slips away. I promise the whole story by tonight.

God Bless

Rodd

[goingoldskool]

Ok folks, first off I'd like to thank all of you all and the information and knowledge that I've received from this site....

I got out into the woods at 1630 and was quickly covered up with squirrels, both gray and reds...  so much so, that it was trying for me to give my thanks to the Good Lord for being able to be out in His wilderness, but I managed.

After a couple hours of watching the acrobatics of the little red and gray critters, thinks started to calm down.  I noticed that there was a slightly different cadence of crunching leaves that I have heard before....  something slightly bigger than squirrels!    

But try as I might, I could not see through the leaves and tree limbs to make out the sounds.  After the the new crunching stopped for a few minutes, it started onece again.... this time headed out away from the leavy screen that was hiding it from my view.  

[goingoldskool]

A nice young buck appeared and quickly jumped the creek that was between us, which closed the distance to within 20yrds.  The only problem was that he was quartering to me..... at 8 yards out he stopped and shook like a dog, still quartering to me.  He then turned to his left, which put him broadside and continued walking.  I tried to 'BAAA' him twice to stop but to no avail and had to let down from my  3/4 draw.  I quickly reset my feet in the stand and set up for a shot through the branches of my cover tree, directly in front of me and hoped that he would enter it.


Enter it he did!  And stopped on his own.... I quickly got to full draw, remember hitting anchor and the next thing I remember is seeing the three white fletches sticking out of ribs... nice and tight to the front leg.  Maybe not a sweet 12 ring on the 3d targets, but a good solid 10 ring!      

[goingoldskool]

He was gone in a flash and I can still see the arrow sticking out every time I close my eyes.  He crashed off to the northeast and quickly disappeared in the dense timber.  The crashing came to a stop with one big final crash, followed by silence.  I knew that he must be down.... and started shaking bad enough that I sat down.  I thanked God for the opportunity and for guiding my arrow, then sent a text to my 14 year old son to get his tracking boots on.

I got back to the house, got out the four wheeler and my boy and I were on the recovery.    

[goingoldskool]

Last year, I managed a shot on a doe....  Decided to let her go overnight and track in the snow the next morning at first light.... very bad idea!  Coyotes had a field day with her.      

So, I was not going to let them have another.  We got out there super quick....  quick enough that I left my flashlight at the house!  Jesse had his though and all was good.

I got as close to the scene as I could with the four wheeler, got into the woods and started toward the last place I saw him.  Now all I had was my phone light and Jesse had his flash light, so I told him to take point..... "What?" he said.....  "You have lead on this, son".  He said that he had tracked deer before and I asked him how many at night....  Only one came to my mind and he confirmed.

So off he went with me bringing up the rear.  I knew that it didn't get far, but the woods at night can be very deceiving.  He followed the trail like an old pro and quickly came up on him.
A very good confidence builder....

This is where I'm gonna have to ask help from a fellow tradganger, CoachBGriff, to post pics.

After a quick autopsy, cause of death was a double lung and aortic shot, Jesse concurred.  We found the back half of the arrow and I will go back and find the business end tomorrow.  

Total recovery distance was 45 yards...
Equipment used:  
Black Widow PL-III 53# @28
CE 250's with 20gr insert cut to 29.5"
Simmons 175 Tiger sharks


Thanks to Brad for posting future pics and going to the 3d shoots with me.

Thanks for reading along....  Hope it was a good read.  I would much rather tell it in person!

This is my first Traditional kill....

God Bless and good luck everyone!

Rodd

[macbow]

Rode, congrats, thanks for sharing your hunt.

Congrats on your first Rodd! Ain't it cool?

Bisch

[goingoldskool]

Bisch,
It is sooo cool!!! I will NOT EVER go back to wheels!
I was shaking more after that shot than I did after my first wheelie kill...

Thanks again

Rodd

[CoachBGriff]

Sorry it took me so long to get these up.

Here's Rodd's first trad kill!  Quite a way to get started I'd say!  Congrats!

[CoachBGriff]

And a great shot with a great wound channel too!

[CoachBGriff]

I made it out this morning.  No shots, but I had a really big 9 and a good 3 year old 10 out cruising at about 10:15 a.m.  

If you get a cool morning it's worth sitting a little longer.  I think those big boys like to cruise for does once they're all bedded down for the day.

Both deer got within 30 yards, but they never offered shots.  I really wish I had my camera out.   It was an awesome experience.

[huntnmuleys]

good lord that's a dandy first traditional buck.

[Kopper1013]

Congrats on beautiful bucks!!