An Incredible Night!!! Glad to have a young strong son:)

[Tim]

I've got a pretty sweet story folks that ends with a 1 hour drag and lots of hugs and handshakes.      

The gods of the hunt surely smiled upon me......

[frassettor]

   

[Mud_Slide_Slim]

   

[pdk25]

Congrats in advance.  Can't wait for the story.

[bentpole]

   

[A.S.]

Wish I was there to buy you a Dogfish!

Congrats again, I think I have a man crush on you now!  

[Tim]

It amazes me how at certain times in our lives the stars align.

I'm sure everyone here agrees, that to shoot these wood bows well, it takes time.   The problem is, just when you think you've got it down and your bad habits have disappeared, everything goes to hell and your confidence is gone.  That's where I've been with my shooting this year.  For the past few years I've gone back and forth, half the time I'm a lefty, than a righty than a lefty.  I want to shoot left handed due to an eye issue but my ability to control my shot process left handed is basically non-existent.  I get frustrated and change things in an effort to find the secret, knowing all too well that nobody has the answers to the test.  

I've been shooting a lefty Silvertip all year, it's the only recurve I really have any interest in shooting and I've had several over the past 20 years.  I do tend to stray "occasionally" and try other bows but a Silvertip just feels good in my hand, especially when I do what I'm suppose to.  I had a clicker on it all summer but took it off a month or so ago.  My shooting has been good but I tend to double clutch now and than and it drives me crazy.  While some folks can't get to full draw, I can get there....I just can get off the darn string!              

Onto the story......

[Carcajou]

Yee Ha!!  

[Tim]

A great friend asked me two weeks ago how my shooting was going, I told him I'd let him know when I had my first shot opportunity!  Well last Saturday I had my chance.  I was sitting the edge of an alfalfa field and just prior to dark a nice doe came through.  She was all over the place, walking with no purpose.  I'd seen her several times that night walking aimlessly with a button buck in tow.  This time she had wondered a little too close.

She came from my left and I felt for sure she would continue straight, making a right onto the main deer trail, a trail that would afford me a nice 15 yard shot.  Just as she hit the main trail I came into anchor.....double clutching!   I scolded myself and again came back to anchor.  The doe stopped for a second and than walked across the trail, obviously not playing by the rules!   She gave me a quick opening, so I took the shot.   The arrow looked to be a touch forward but her reaction was a positive one.  She dropped hard and took off tail spinning and head low.  

I gave her a solid 30 minutes and climbed down quietly in the dark.  The arrow was nowhere to be found but there was blood at impact and a solid spraying of blood, a blessing for my aging eyes.   She had run hard for 50 yards through jewel weed and the blood trail went from good to incredible!   The Magnus 4 blade had obviously done its job.  I found her piled up 150 yards away......

I was fortunate to make a very good shot but in the back of my mind I was still frustrated with my shot process, which had not been what I had hoped for.   I couldn't help but think I should be shooting right handed, where I have complete control of my shot.

[Tim]

It ain't over folks......just warming up the coffee    

[GRAYBEARD]

Keep it coming, Tim!

[JMG]

Congrats on a dandy looking doe Tim!!!    

[Huntrdfk]

Great doe Tim, can't wait for the rest of the story.......but I will have to, off to football for the day.

David

[monkeyball]

Tim,
       You need a new coffee pot!!!!!!!

                                             Good Hunting,
                                                           Craig

[stiknstringer]

Way to go Tim.  

[shoes]

Getting my cup now. Way to go!

[Bullfrog 1]

That doe is old news. Get on with it. My joe is getting cold.  Bill

[KAZ]

Coffee brewed and waiting here in Iowa...  

[steadman]

Congrats Tim  

[buckster]

Well done Tim!